Rafael Dayan

Rafael Dayan is currently a Strategy Associate at Nayax, a payments and commerce platform company he joined in October 2024. Prior to this role, he spent over five years as an Analyst at Mindset Ventures from August 2019 to September 2024, where he focused on investing in early-stage B2B software startups. His earlier professional experience includes working in customer success at LinkedIn, serving as a consultant at Empresa Júnior Fundação Getulio Vargas, and completing an internship at StoreSmarts prior to its acquisition by Retail IQ. He also became a Genesis Member at VC3 DAO in 2022 and studied business administration at both the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business and FGV. Dayan's career centers on corporate strategy and venture capital, leveraging his background in early-stage software investments to drive strategic initiatives within the financial technology sector.