Ramphis Castro

Ramphis Castro is a seasoned AI strategist, venture builder, investor, and philanthropist with over 20 years of experience across the innovation stack. He has a proven track record of helping over 50 startups raise more than $250M and advising fund managers across four continents. He is currently building a stealth platform that fuses venture-scale technology with generational wealth-building models, with a dual focus on AI at the edge and engineering capital systems for enduring value. about

He is deeply committed to fostering entrepreneurship and economic mobility, particularly in Puerto Rico. He leads efforts through the Platform for Social Impact and co-founded Inicio Ventures, an impact fund focused on increasing Latinx participation in the startup economy. As a Global Facilitator for UP Global/Techstars and an Adjunct for the New York City Regional Innovation Node's I-Corp Program, he has trained hundreds of academics and lean startup instructors globally. newmuseum+3

Ramphis is a Kauffman Fellow (Class 19) and a founding member of VC3 DAO, a pioneering investment DAO for professional venture capitalists. He is also the co-founder of ScienceVest, a venture capital fund and platform focused on pre-seed and seed stage 'hard science' companies in frontier-tech and life sciences. His work and insights are often shared through his Medium articles and as a policy adviser on entrepreneurship, technology, and economic development. kauffmanfellows+4

Holding both a Computer Engineering degree and a Juris Doctor (JD), Ramphis combines technical expertise with legal acumen. He has leveraged this multidisciplinary background in various roles, including as the Founder and CEO of TainoApp, and in advising on intellectual property and high-technology applications. clarity+1