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Raja Ghawi

Partner at Era Ventures

Brooklyn, New York

Overview 

Raja Ghawi is a Partner at Era Ventures, specializing in VC investing in sectors like ConstructionTech, Supply Chain Tech, and ClimateTech/CleanTech. With a background at top firms like McKinsey and Suffolk Construction, he brings expertise in leadership, data analysis, and team building to drive successful investments in diverse founders and companies in New York City. Highlights of Raja Ghawi's career include his role as a Partner at Era Ventures and his expertise in investing in sectors like ConstructionTech and CleanTech, focusing on supporting diverse founders and companies in New York City.

Work Experience 

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Era Ventures

  • Partner

    2022 - Current

    We invest in founders outcompeting industry incumbents or building new categories. The Era family includes: Passive Logic, Welcome Homes, Sheperd, Latii, Truehold, ViaBot, Honey Homes, Ostrich, Indigo, and Homeward.

Era Ventures invests in ideas that leverage technology and innovation to reimagine the physical world.

eraventures.com
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Suffolk Construction

  • Investment Director

    2019 - 2022

    Select fund investments include: OpenSpace (Series A), Kojo (Series A), EquipmentShare (Series C), Brunt (Seed), nPlan (Series A) Launched Boost: ConTech's premier accelerator. Select participants include: PassiveLogic (Series A), Flex (Seed), Canvas (Series B), Felux (Series A)

  • Analytics Project Manager, Early Stage VC

    2018 - 2019

    We built the industry's very first data lake! We started to run reports off it and also built a safety incident prediction model.

Suffolk Construction is a construction contracting company.

suffolk.com
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QuantumBlack

  • Senior Business Analyst

    2017 - 2018

    My teams built AI/ML models to predict machine failures and human injuries before they happen. On rotation from McKinsey.

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McKinsey & Company

  • Senior Business Analyst

    2015 - 2018

    Got to sample a bunch of stuff, including biotech (M&A), finance (blockchain, payments, risk, lending, insurance), and old industries (cars, trucks, alcohol) to name a few

McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity

mckinsey.com

The Ott Lab for Organ Engineering and Regeneration

  • Undergraduate Student Researcher

    2013 - 2014

    My research projects explored pulmonary engineering and regeneration, especially vascular regeneration. Published in Nature Biotechnology: https://www.nature.com/articles/nbt.3354

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McKinsey & Company

  • Summer Business Analyst

    2014 - 2014

    Advised a local bank on growth strategy, in as much as a 21-year-old could advise anyone on anything

McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity

mckinsey.com

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