Investing Profile

Rafael Corrales

Founder at Background Capital

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Harvard Business School Network

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Georgia Institute of Technology Network

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Charles River Ventures Network

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Current Investing Position

Background Capital

Investment Range

$100K - $250K

Sweet Spot

$100K

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$9.2M

Rafael Corrales is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Rafael Corrales's Investments On Record (9)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Beacon Software	Series BNov 2025$250M	$250M
Co-investors: Bejul Somaia (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Marc Bhargava (General Catalyst), Karim Atiyeh, Fidji Simo, Tony Xu
Supergood Systems	SeedAug 2023
Co-investors: Alex Hartz (Shine Capital), Max Levchin (Scifi Vc)
PostgresML	SeedMay 2023$5M	$5M
Co-investors: Jack Altman (Benchmark), Natalie Vais (Amplify Partners), Sarah Catanzaro (Amplify Partners), Greg Rosen (Bedrock Capital), Brandon Leonardo, Max Mullen
Reveri	SeedFeb 2022$4M	$4M
Co-investors: Roberto Bonanzinga (InReach Ventures), Joe Greenstein, Bobby Lo
Openlytics	Pre SeedApr 2021$1M	$1M
Co-investors: Inaki Berenguer (LifeX Ventures), Ariel Poler (Freedom Financial Network), Bobby Lo
PopSQL	SeedSep 2020$3M	$20M
Co-investors: Darian Shirazi (Gradient Ventures), Michelle Valentine (Plug & Play Ventures), Aneel Ranadive (Soma Capital), Brianne Kimmel (WorkLife Ventures), Immad Akhund (Y Combinator), Jude Gomila (Golden (Recursion Inc)), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Muzzammil (MZ) Zaveri (Audacious Ventures), Alex Mittal (FundersClub), Jeff Fagnan (Accomplice VC), Jeff Chang, Max Mullen, Guillermo Rauch
Red Planet Labs	SeedApr 2019$5M	$5M
Co-investors: Yuri Sagalov (10100), Auren Hoffman (Datavant), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems)
Amino	Series BOct 2015$13M Series ASep 2014$7M	$93M
Co-investors: Brian O'Malley (Forerunner Ventures), Pete Flint (NFX), Michael Dixon (Transformation Capital), Halle Tecco (Techammer), Kevin Ding (DHVC (Digital Horizon Capital))