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Ricardo Garcia-Amaya

Founding Equity Partner - Acrew DC Fund at Acrew Capital

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Ricardo Garcia-Amaya serves as Founding Equity Partner of the Acrew DC Fund at Acrew Capital [5]. Garcia-Amaya is a two-time AI technology founder with $10M in venture backing and Y Combinator alumni status [2][11]. Currently, Garcia-Amaya founded Ripple Talks, an invite-only platform for founders and public figures [2][3], and previously served as Founder and CEO of ILUMA AI, a predictive analytics platform for executives [2][7]. Garcia-Amaya also established Alumni Founders, a community of 10,000 Y Combinator alumni whose startups have achieved aggregate valuations of $600B [2][4], and Top American Latinx Tech Leaders, comprising 65 technology leaders including 11 founders of billion-dollar companies [2][6]. Garcia-Amaya holds an MBA in Entrepreneurship and Innovation from NYU Stern School of Business [12] and completed MBA study abroad coursework in Strategy at HEC Paris [13].

Profile introduction
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Ricardo is a seasoned Silicon Valley 2X AI tech founder ($10M venture backed YCombinator alum). He is currently the Founder of Ripple Talks (Where Top Founders & Icons Meet - Live) Invite-only. Prior to this he was the founder & CEO of ILUMA AI - Predictive AI for CEOs. He is also the founder of two leading communities of thousands of the top tech founders in the world: - Alumni Founders (10,000 YCombinator Alumni) YC founders have created startups that have achieved an aggregate valuation of $600B. - Top American Latinx Tech Leaders (65 leaders - 11 of them founders of billion-dollar compani…

Career history

  1. FounderAug 2025 to presentRipple-Talks
  2. FounderNov 2019 to presentAlumni Founders
  3. Founding Equity Partner - Acrew DC FundJun 2021 to presentAcrew Capital
  4. FounderFeb 2014 to presentTop American Latinx Tech Leaders
  5. Founder & CEOJan 2022 to Dec 2024ILUMA
  6. Founding Governance Committee MemberSep 2021 to Dec 2022Orange DAO
  7. Founder - CEOAug 2015 to Dec 2021VOIQ
  8. Chair of the Technology CommitteeMar 2009 to Mar 2015New America Alliance

Education

  1. Class of 20152015 - 2015Y Combinator
  2. MBA, Entrepreneurship and Innovation2008 - 2010NYU Stern School of Business
  3. Master of Business Administration (MBA) Study Abroad2009 - 2009Strategyat HEC Paris

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