Raffaele Giovine

Chairman at italist.com #500STRONG

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 5 years investing🗓 Last invested Jul 2022
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Investor partner
Jul 2022
Your access partner to the best acceleration programs
Investor and Advisor
Jan 2022
The new frontier of digital luxury
Angel Squad
Oct 2021
Hustle Fund is a venture capital firm investing in hilariously-early pre-seed founders. Learn more about Hustle Fund and pitch us here: hustlefund.vc If you are here to learn about ANGEL SQUAD, youve come to the right place. We help teach professionals how to invest in startups alongside Hustle Fund. Learn how we do this here: https://hustlefund.vc/squad
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2026
Founder Ceo
Jan 2026
EMPLA gives you a team of AI employees who work inside your email. No dashboards, no logins, no complexity. Just CC them like real colleagues, and they handle the repetitive work thats drowning you. 8 specialized AI agents. Email-native. Task-oriented. Built for founders whod rather grow their business than manage it. Join the waitlist: https://empla.io
2022
Investor partner
Jul 2022
Your access partner to the best acceleration programs
Investor and Advisor
Jan 2022
The new frontier of digital luxury
2021
Angel Squad
Oct 2021
Hustle Fund is a venture capital firm investing in hilariously-early pre-seed founders. Learn more about Hustle Fund and pitch us here: hustlefund.vc If you are here to learn about ANGEL SQUAD, youve come to the right place. We help teach professionals how to invest in startups alongside Hustle Fund. Learn how we do this here: https://hustlefund.vc/squad
2015
Founder Ceo
Jan 2015
Expertly-curated global luxury, imported from Italy at the best price, and delivered to your doorstep. italist is the first platform to offer direct-to-consumer imports of luxury goods exclusively from Italy. Through italist, customers can purchase brand-new, genuine, in-season fashion and accessories from our partner boutiques in Italy. The same high-quality products you’d find on other sites are available at a lower retail price through our partner boutiques—up to 40% less—so italist always provides the best value. In 2015, italist was born in Silicon Valley. That fall, italist received funding from 500 Startups and other institutional investors. Soon after, italist opened an office in Los Angeles where the company is now based. The initial vision was simple: partner directly with boutiques through a digital platform dedicated only to luxury products. To that end, we designed an innovative import model that combined tech and luxury. The buyers at our partner boutiques curate the products on italist, and all the items featured online are currently available in retail locations across Italy. This model allows customers to purchase goods at Italian retail price as if theyd flown to Italy and visited the stores in person. After italist Now, thanks to the success of our direct-to-consumer import model, customers can purchase brand-new, genuine, in-season fashion and luxury accessories from Italy’s finest retailers without leaving home. Our platform gives customers access to more than 2,500 international brands and 400,000 luxury items across Italy. And italist offers the best value—up to 40% less than market price—for the same authentic luxury goods you’ll find on other sites since the products are being imported directly from Italy. Although our partner boutiques are in Italy, italist is an American company. We have a growing team of 50+ employees dedicated to bringing you the widest selection and best value in luxury fashion and accessories.
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