Investing Profile

Rafael Corrales

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Networks Rafael is a member of
Harvard Business School Network
429 CONNECTIONS
Georgia Institute of Technology Network
48 CONNECTIONS
CRV Network
12 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Background Capital Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $250K
Sweet Spot
$100K
Investments On Record
8
Current Fund Size
$9.2M

Rafael Corrales is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Rafael Corrales's Investments On Record (7)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
PostgresML
SeedMay 2023$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Greg Rosen (BoxGroup), Jack Altman (Alt Capital), Natalie Vais (Amplify Partners), Sarah Catanzaro (Amplify Partners), Max Mullen, Brandon Leonardo
Reveri
SeedFeb 2022$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Roberto Bonanzinga (InReach Ventures), Bobby Lo, Joe Greenstein
Openlytics
Pre SeedApr 2021$1M
$1M
Co-investors: Ariel Poler (Human Augmentation Syndicate), Inaki Berenguer (LifeX Ventures), Bobby Lo
PopSQL
SeedSep 2020$3M
$20M
Co-investors: Darian Shirazi (Gradient Ventures), Michelle Valentine (Plug & Play Ventures), Muzzammil (MZ) Zaveri (Audacious Ventures), Alex Mittal (FundersClub), Aneel Ranadive (Soma Capital), Brianne Kimmel (WorkLife Ventures), Jude Gomila (Jude Gomila Rolling Fund), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Jeff Fagnan (Accomplice VC), Immad Akhund, Max Mullen, Jeff Chang, Guillermo Rauch
Red Planet Labs
SeedApr 2019$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Auren Hoffman (Flex Capital), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Yuri Sagalov (10100)
Amino
Series BOct 2015$13M
Series ASep 2014$7M
$93M
Co-investors: Pete Flint (NFX), Brian O'Malley (Forerunner Ventures), Michael Dixon (Transformation Capital), Kevin Ding (DHVC (Digital Horizon Capital)), Halle Tecco
Blockchain.com
Series AOct 2014$30M
$600M
Co-investors: Jeremy Liew (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Toby Coppel (Mosaic Ventures), Nicolas Brand (Lakestar), Jalak Jobanputra (Future Perfect Ventures), Paul Szurek (Smash Capital), Victor Orlovski (R136 Ventures), Richard Branson, Amit Jhawar

Rafael Corrales's Experience

Founder Background Capital2018 - Present
General Partner CRV2013 - 2018
CEO / Co-founder (acquired by Wordpress) LearnBoost2010 - 2013
Mergers & Acquisitions Xerox2007 - 2008

Rafael Corrales's Education

Harvard Business School M.B.A.
Georgia Institute of Technology B.S. International Affairs and Modern Languages