Investing Profile

Rafael Corrales

VC
Founder at Background Capital
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Networks Rafael is a member of
Harvard Business School Network
506 CONNECTIONS
Georgia Institute of Technology Network
61 CONNECTIONS
CRV Network
29 CONNECTIONS
CRV Network
29 CONNECTIONS
Charles River Ventures Network
24 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Background Capital
Investment Range
$100K - $250K
Sweet Spot
$100K
Investments On Record
10
Current Fund Size
$9.2M

Rafael Corrales is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Rafael Corrales's Investments On Record (9)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Beacon Software
Series BNov 2025$250M
$250M
Co-investors: Marc Bhargava (General Catalyst), Bejul Somaia (Lightspeed Venture Partners)
Supergood Systems
SeedAug 2023
Co-investors: Max Levchin (Scifi Vc)
PostgresML
SeedMay 2023$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Greg Rosen (BoxGroup), Jack Altman (Benchmark), Sarah Catanzaro (Amplify Partners)
Reveri
SeedFeb 2022$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Roberto Bonanzinga (InReach Ventures), Joe Greenstein
Openlytics
Pre SeedApr 2021$1M
$1M
Co-investors: Ariel Poler (Freedom Financial Network)
PopSQL
SeedSep 2020$3M
$20M
Co-investors: Darian Shirazi (Gradient Ventures), Michelle Valentine (Plug & Play Ventures), Muzzammil (MZ) Zaveri (Audacious Ventures), Immad Akhund (Y Combinator), Alex Mittal (FundersClub), Aneel Ranadive (Soma Capital), Brianne Kimmel (WorkLife Ventures), Jude Gomila (Golden (Recursion Inc)), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Max Mullen, Jeff Chang
Red Planet Labs
SeedApr 2019$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Auren Hoffman (SafeGraph), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems)
Amino
Series BOct 2015$13M
Series ASep 2014$7M
$93M
Co-investors: Pete Flint (NFX), Brian O'Malley (Forerunner Ventures), Michael Dixon (Transformation Capital)

Rafael Corrales's Experience

Founder Background Capital2018 - Present
Founding Investor, Board Member VercelPresent
Advisor InstacartPresent
CEO / Co-founder (acquired by Wordpress) LearnBoostPresent
Partner Charles River VenturesPresent
Partner CRVPresent
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