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Raphael Farasat

Founder & Creative Director

Raphael Farasat (Raph) is a highly sought after, award-winning creative director and strategist based in Laurel Canyon, California. He has branded over 70 startup consumer brands, now collectively valued over $500 million, and led campaigns for globally recognized companies, including Tesla, Sonos, Fox, Catch Restaurants, rag & bone, and sbe hotels. Raph is a founding partner or co-founder of numerous consumer lifestyle brands, including Last Crumb, BetterBrand, Sweet Nothings, and Barcode. He is a Guest Lecturer on branding at Stanford University and has been featured in various publications such as Entrepreneur Magazine, Inc., Fast Company, and The Dieline.

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Raphael Farasat founded TRUFFL Members Club - an invitation-only members club for influencers and creatives who came together over once-in-a-lifetime events. In 2016, Raphael pivoted TRUFFL to become a Creative Agency and Venture Studio in order to blend his entrepreneurial experience and design background to develop the vision behind brands and help them scale. In this role, Raphael has earned various awards, helped clients raise hundreds of millions of dollars in financing, and worked with companies ranging from industry leaders like Heineken, Spotify, Sonos, Tesla, Linkedin, rag & bone, and Fox along with startups, restaurants, hotel groups, venture capital firms and more.

Truffl was founded by Raphael Farasat. A serial entrepreneur, award-winning creative director, brand strategist & angel investor.

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Raphael has been profiled in publications such as entrepreneur, Fast Company, New York Magazine, and the Los Angeles Times. He guest lectures at Stanford Design School on branding and leads branding workshops for venture capital firms and startups.

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