Carmel Rafaeli is Founding Partner of The Table, a global community of 280+ investors committed to co-funding early-stage climate ventures led or co-led by women. She backs climate-positive startups across sectors—hardware, software, materials, and more—with a clear focus on inclusion, intentional capital, and tangible environmental impact.
Carmel brings 15+ years of entrepreneurial experience across industries, from brick-and-mortar fashion to hospitality tech, IP innovation and sustainability. Her transition into investing came through angel investing—one small ticket at a time—driven by a desire to accelerate climate solutions and back the kind of founders often overlooked by mainstream capital.
Today, she supports ventures through capital, mentoring, and strategic guidance, with particular emphasis on financial storytelling and founder-investor alignment. She’s a Venture Partner at The Conduit Connect, and a frequent advisor to founders navigating the earliest, riskiest stages of building.
Carmel believes that inclusive innovation and thoughtful capital allocation are essential to solving the climate crisis—and that reimagining how early-stage capital flows is a critical part of the solution.