Hey, I am Lucabrando Sanfilippo
I write and build, but I'm proudly way more successful at developing deep relationships with others.
You can find more context on what I think either through my essays or on LinkedIn.
I am always open to building cool stuff together, dm at sanfilippo.lucabrando@gmail.com.
Current Projects
- Brightdale, something to accelerate young people through grants, media, and spaces
- I write and talk on Not Sure If Obvious about all-things that are interesting to me, but mostly about my inner world
Past Work
- Habyt is the largest coliving company in the world. I joined as a Country Manager and Hire n. 9 when I was 22, left after 3 years and 150 people, awesome ride
- I cofounded Sirius Biotechnology, a synthetic biology startup. Built a great team of experienced scientists, got a major chemical company as a pilot customer, got to the top 10% YC applications. Left after 6 months cause the setup didn't feel right
- Was part of Entrepreneur First as a Founder in Residence, didn't work out
- Was part of the early team at ValleyDAO
Random Things I'm very happy to have done
- I started photography when I was 19 and I fell in love with it, you can find my portfolio here
- I wrote my first blog when I was 16 and got more than 100K visits
- During uni I made 20K€ with matched-betting
- I am a big psychedelics supporter and took the Ayahuasca in November 2024, yes it was life changing
- I travelled to more than 50 countries, my fav trip was in China
- Regardless of my fear of height, I did try both bungee jumping and skydiving
- I spent more than 1 year through two different coaching, an emotional one and a life one, also life-changing
- This website with a curated list of personal websites from people in tech