Francesco Marchioni

About

Enthusiastic learner, curious and fueled by the desire to apply my multidisciplinary tech background to ambitious ventures.

Experience

• Venture Fellow & Scout at Clear Ventures
  Jun 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

  Mainly Deep-Tech

• Vice President, Deep-Tech at Stanford Founders
  Oct 2024 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos

  Stanford Founders is Stanford's first cross-disciplinary graduate student startup community, with a network of 1300+ members. The organization is focused on providing early-stage founder mentorship, bridging connections between students and pre-seed/seed investors, and co-founder matching.

• Research Assistant at Stanford University
  Sep 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 10 mos

  Working on space propulsion. Advisor: Mark Cappelli Publications: Marchioni, Cappelli. Extended channel Hall thruster for air-breathing electric propulsion. Journal of Applied Physics, 2021. Tejeda, Knoll, Marchioni, Cappelli. Plasma properties characterization of oxygen-fuelled Hall Effect Thrusters for Water Electrolysis propulsion. Space Propulsion Conference, 2024.

• Co-Founder at Mantisworks
  Apr 2023 - Jul 2023 · 4 mos

  Nanophotonics and Al to disrupt cancer screening capabilities of medical devices. Mentored by Steve Blank and industry leading VCs.

• Thales Alenia Space (Full-time · 1 yr 6 mos)
  • Innovation Fellow
    Jan 2022 - Sep 2022 · 9 mos

    Analyzed the space industry, technology, business models and investment opportunities. Led creation of internal venture.

  • Operations Engineer
    Apr 2021 - Sep 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos

    Mission operations for I-Hab module of NASA Lunar Gateway, sending humans to the moon.