Andrea Carafa

Andrea Carafa serves as Director of the Blackstone Launchpad powered by Techstars as well as QB3 Entrepreneur in Residence and Rachel Carson College Lecturer at UCSC. He was named a World Economic Forum Global Shaper, delegate to the UN Science, Technology & Innovation Forum for the Sustainable Development Goals, and member of the Fast Company Impact Council, among others. He founded a consumer tech startup, a sustainability innovation venture and a food biotech startup, and conducted research and lectured about entrepreneurship, human-centered design, and innovation at Stanford, CERN, Bocconi, and more.