Investing Profile

Rafael Corrales

VC
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Harvard Business School Network
423 CONNECTIONS
Georgia Institute of Technology Network
47 CONNECTIONS
CRV Network
12 CONNECTIONS
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$100K - $250K
$100K
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$9.2M
CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
PostgresML
SeedMay 2023$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Greg Rosen (BoxGroup), Natalie Vais (Amplify Partners), Sarah Catanzaro (Amplify Partners), Jack Altman (Alt 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 (Human Augmentation Syndicate), 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), Jeff Fagnan (Accomplice VC), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Immad Akhund, Jeff Chang, Guillermo Rauch, Max Mullen
Red Planet Labs
SeedApr 2019$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Auren Hoffman (Flex Capital), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Yuri Sagalov (10100), Elad Gil
Amino
Series BOct 2015$13M
Series ASep 2014$7M
$93M
Co-investors: Brian O'Malley (Forerunner Ventures), Pete Flint (NFX), 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), Jalak Jobanputra (Future Perfect Ventures), Toby Coppel (Mosaic Ventures), Nicolas Brand (Lakestar), Victor Orlovski (R136 Ventures), Richard Branson, Amit Jhawar
Founder Background Capital2018 - Present
General Partner CRV2013 - 2018
CEO / Co-founder (acquired by Wordpress) LearnBoost2010 - 2013
Mergers & Acquisitions Xerox2007 - 2008
Harvard Business School M.B.A.
Georgia Institute of Technology B.S. International Affairs and Modern Languages