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

140 CONNECTIONS

CRV Network

51 CONNECTIONS

CRV Network

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Instacart Network

30 CONNECTIONS

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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

Consumer Internet (Seed)San Francisco Bay Area Marketplaces (Seed)SaaS (Seed)

Rafael Corrales's Investments On Record (10)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Beacon Software	Series BNov 2025$250M	$480M
Co-investors: Marc Bhargava (General Catalyst), Karim Atiyeh
Beeps	SeedDec 2024$6M	$6M
Co-investors: Zane Lackey (Andreessen Horowitz), Lenny Rachitsky (Self-employed), Bucky Moore (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Alana Goyal (Basecase Capital), Mathias Biilmann Christensen
Supergood Systems	SeedAug 2023
Co-investors: Alex Hartz (Shine Capital), Max Levchin (Scifi Vc)
PostgresML	SeedMay 2023$5M	$5M
Co-investors: Brandon Leonardo (AngelList Syndicator), Max Mullen (Instacart), Natalie Vais (Amplify Partners), Sarah Catanzaro (Amplify Partners), Greg Rosen (Bedrock Capital), Jack Altman (Lattice Ventures)
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 (TextMarks)
PopSQL	SeedSep 2020$3M	$20M
Co-investors: Darian Shirazi (Gradient Ventures), Guillermo Rauch (Vercel), Max Mullen (Instacart), Jeff Fagnan (Accomplice VC), Alex Mittal (FundersClub), 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), Michelle Valentine (Plug and Play Tech Center), Jeff Chang (Alex Angels (Alexandria Angel Network))
Red Planet Labs	SeedApr 2019$5M	$5M
Co-investors: Yuri Sagalov (Wayfinder Ventures), Auren Hoffman (Flex Capital, LLC // Turbo Ventures, LLC), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems)

Rafael Corrales's Experience

Founder Background Capital2018 - Present

Partner CRVPresent

Partner Charles River VenturesPresent

CEO / Co-founder (acquired by Wordpress) LearnBoostPresent

Advisor InstacartPresent

Founding Investor, Board Member VercelPresent

General Partner CRV2013 - 2017

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

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