Rafael Corrales Email and Phone Number
I founded Background Capital to invest in early stage startups that become fundamental businessesPreviously: early advisor to Instacart (IPO $CART) and a first round angel to Blockchain ($14b by Lightspeed), Webflow ($4b by YC Continuity), Clearbit (acq. HubSpot), and Luxe (acq. Volvo). Founding investor at Vercel ($3.25b by Accel). Before that, founding CEO of LearnBoost, which was acquired by WordPress (Automattic). Our team's libraries, like Socket.IO and ExpressJS, helped popularize Node.js
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FounderBackground Capital Jan 2018 - PresentI invest in early stage startups with a path to becoming fundamental businesses. I am solely backed by top founders, executives, and super connectors - this is to create a multiplier on my own efforts to support the next wave of great founders. Before, I was an early advisor to Instacart (IPO $CART) and a first round angel to Blockchain ($14b by DST), Webflow ($4b by YC Continuity), Clearbit (acq. HubSpot), and Luxe (acq. Volvo). Because this is my full time profession and I take the same dilution alongside the teams I back, I’m the most aligned early stage individual investor for founders. -
Founding Investor, Board MemberVercel Jan 2016 - Dec 2017San Francisco, California, UsFounding investor and board member of Vercel (f.k.a. ZEIT) from solo founder / idea stage. -
PartnerCrv 2013 - 2017Palo Alto, Ca, UsReceived a promotion after a year and a half, becoming the youngest check writer in CRV's +50 year history. I led the initial round for Vercel ($3.25b by Accel) and sourced Airtable ($11.7b by XN, Franklin Templeton, Silver Lake) and PillPack (acquired by Amazon for ~$1b). -
AdvisorInstacart 2012 - 2015San Francisco, Ca, UsAdvisor to Instacart from idea stage, before YC. Helped the company through many financings, strategic issues, and key hires including the President. -
Ceo / Co-Founder (Acquired By Wordpress)Learnboost 2010 - 2013San Francisco, Ca, UsLearnBoost pioneered major Node.js libraries like Socket.io and Express. Acquired in 2013 by Automattic (WordPress) as the largest of their first 12 acquisitions.
Rafael Corrales Education Details
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Harvard Business SchoolM.B.A. -
Georgia Institute Of TechnologyInternational Affairs And Modern Languages
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Rafael Corrales works for Background Capital
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Rafael Corrales's current role is Founder @ Background Capital | Early Stage Investing.
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Rafael Corrales attended Harvard Business School, Georgia Institute Of Technology.
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