John Serafini is the chief executive officer of HawkEye 360, the leading developer of space-based radio frequency (RF) mapping and analytics capabilities. In a 10-year career as a venture capitalist and start-up operator, he has founded or led the financing for 10 venture-capital technology companies. Most recently, Mr. Serafini served as senior vice president of Allied Minds, where he led the formation of, and the investment into HawkEye 360, along with other Allied Minds companies such as BridgeSat, Federated Wireless, Percipient Networks, and Whitewood Encryption Systems. His investment activities and management expertise center upon the intersection of profit-maximizing private capital and the unique requirements and R&D capabilities of the U.S. Government.
Previously at Good Harbor Consulting, Mr. Serafini partnered with Paladin Capital and The Honorable Richard A. Clarke, the former White House special advisor to three U.S. Presidential Administrations, as a venture capital/growth equity investor and M&A specialist with sector concentration in cybersecurity and expertise managing investments impacted by U.S. national security regulations.
Mr. Serafini is a former Airborne Ranger–qualified U.S. Army infantry officer with duty station assignments at the 82nd Airborne Division and UNCSB-JSA of the Korean DMZ.
A former Boston 40 Under 40 awardee, Mr. Serafini serves as a trustee of the Judge Baker Children’s Center, co-chair of the Milton Academy Annual Fund, and chair of the West Point Class of 1998 Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Mr. Serafini earned a B.S. degree with highest honors from the United States Military Academy at West Point, an M.B.A. degree from Harvard Business School, and an M.P.A. degree from the Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is also a chartered financial analyst and a chartered alternative investment analyst. He lives in Hingham, MA, with his wife, Daniele, and their four children.
