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Conviction
& Community

Olive Capital backs pre-seed founders, mostly from Europe, building everyday financial experiences that make powerful tools intuitive and accessible for mainstream users.

Consumer finance is entering a new phase. Web3 infrastructure is becoming invisible. Agents are reshaping how we work. Olive Capital exists at the intersection of these shifts, backing founders building the interfaces that billions will use without knowing what's underneath.

The platform

Raph has been building and curating international communities of founders and investors since 2017, from small cohorts to ecosystems numbering in the thousands.

Olive Capital runs community-centric initiatives spanning workshops, summits, and media formats that make venture capital more transparent and accessible. The overall platform weaves together dealflow, education, and storytelling to support both builders and aspiring investors.

The conviction

The conviction focuses on three behavior shifts: how people manage money in daily life, how individuals and companies work in the agent economy, and how users control which data they disclose.

These products sit on invisible, ubiquitous web3 infrastructure, but feel like simple, consumer-grade interfaces to end users.

Pre-seed. Europe. Everyday finance. Modern infrastructure.

10 predictions

From thesis to trajectory: 2040

Our investment thesis is grounded in where consumer behavior is headed, not where it is today. These are our ten convictions for 2040.

  • Mainstream "super wallets" replace checking accounts.
  • Invisible crypto infrastructure in 80% of consumer finance apps.
  • Consumer-grade portfolio management powered by web3 rails becomes default.
  • Tax and reporting engines become real-time.
  • Personal "work agents" handle 30–50% of white-collar tasks.
  • Agent-native platforms become core B2B infrastructure.
  • Creators and solo entrepreneurs run "micro-agency stacks".
  • Selective disclosure becomes a regulatory and UX norm.
  • User-operated identity and data vaults go mainstream.
  • Consumer apps win by "privacy-first differentiation".

Read more on our newsletter Venture Notes ↗︎.

The platform

Three pillars

Olive Capital operates across three interconnected pillars, a syndicate for early-stage deals, an education platform for the next generation of founders and VCs, and a media layer that documents the ecosystem.

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Syndicate

The syndicate structure allows individual investors to participate deal-by-deal while leveraging Olive Capital's sourcing, diligence, and community. Members typically gain exposure to pre-seed rounds.

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Syndicate
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UPCOMINGVC®

Since 2017 the program has delivered immersive content and full-day simulations that train participants on fundraising, investment methods, and decision-making.

Learn more about UPCOMINGVC® ↗︎

UPCOMINGVC education platform
03

Runway Series

Runway Series explores web3, venture capital, startups, and crypto with operators, founders, and investors across the ecosystem.

The 200+ podcast episodes are available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts ↗︎

Runway Series podcast

Where builders and investors meet

Olive Capital hosts regular events connecting builders, investors, and the broader community, regular lunches and dinners in Geneva, Paris, Helsinki, and other hubs, as well as curated Demo Days featuring pre-seed startups, and UPCOMINGVC® immersive simulations.

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The real alpha is building something people actually want to use.

The team

Founder & community builder.
Active investor since 2017.

Raph Grieco portrait

Raph Grieco ↗︎
Founder

Raph Grieco founded Olive Capital and UPCOMINGVC®, combining experience as a community builder, angel syndicate lead, startup mentor, and C-Suite advisor in the zero-knowledge and confidentiality ecosystem.

He hosts the Runway Series podcasts and regularly collaborates with ecosystems such as SwissVC and La French Tech, as well as crypto organizations including the Crypto Valley Association and Base (by Coinbase).

He spent over 15 years as capital allocator in wealth management (HSBC, Indosuez), overseeing more than $2B in aggregate cross-asset portfolios as investment director and investment committee member.

Engage with us

We are always open to conversations with strategic institutional investors and syndicate members who believe in our thesis.

Whether you want deal-by-deal access or deeper alignment with us, there is a way to go for you.

Syndicate Member

Access curated, early-stage investment opportunities in on-thesis companies. Participate deal-by-deal, leveraging Olive Capital's sourcing, diligence, and community network.

Strategic Investor

Gain exposure to high-conviction pre-seed rounds that are typically hard to access. Strategic investors receive access to a proprietary platform, and a curated community of value-add investors.

Venture capital is a difficult asset class where outcomes are highly uncertain and invested capital can be fully lost. Please understand the stage, liquidity, and diversification risks before committing capital.