Raoul Felix Maier

Raoul started his career as a securities analyst at Merrill Lynch during the late 90s. He joined the VC world during the dotcom boom, investing in about 20 European and Silicon Valley-based early-stage technology startups and supporting them in transatlantic business development.

He later became an entrepreneur founding an award-winning Austrian-based PropTech startup which raised capital from private and institutional investors and resulted in a successful exit. Among other sources, his startup had received sponsorship and growth financing from Austria’s leading economic development fund due to the innovativeness of its business model.

Raoul joined global management consulting firm Kearney in 2006 where he served primarily Fortune 500 clients across Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and the US. As a leadership team member in the TMT practice, he led multi-national teams in large-scale digital transformations. He developed cross-functional expertise in Strategy, Marketing/Sales and Finance. Raoul became a leadership coach and published a book on "21st Century Leadership" and its relevance for global organizations and society.

Before founding Eudemian Ventures in 2018, he co-led Kearney’s Technology Practice and startup initiatives out of its San Francisco office.