Francesco Rubino

Venture Builder · AI Fluent & Process Automation · EU Expert Evaluator

Venture builder and startup acceleration programme leader with 15+ years bridging corporations, startups, and institutions across Europe, Africa, and Latin America. Based in Barcelona, Spain. Designed and led acceleration and incubation programmes for 800+ founders across 3 continents: from intrapreneurship at Ferrovial, Endesa and Fameccanica, to EU-funded cohorts (Carbon13, InvestMED) and independent accelerators in East Africa and Latin America (CAF). EU expert evaluator since 2018 for Horizon Europe, InvestMED and EIT programmes; on the EIC Accelerator, proposal development and scoring simulation for applicants. At Pioneers.io and Gellify, delivered corporate innovation end to end, from client engagement and conference stages to project execution, for groups like Merck, Greiner, Kapsch and Airbus. The foundation is corporate finance: FP&A at State Street Bank in Milan and a Finance degree from Bocconi University, with an exchange at NYU. A background that shows in every budget, financial model, and EU reporting cycle. Currently advising corporations and venture teams on AI transformation: from assessing AI project feasibility and ROI to embedding as a fractional AI lead in organizations navigating their first serious AI initiatives.