# Background Capital

> Background Capital is a VC fund backing Software and E-Commerce. See 24 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 24
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/background-capital/
- Website: https://background.vc/

Background Capital is a venture capital firm founded by Rafael Corrales.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Background Capital. Shizune tracks 1 team members at Background Capital. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/background-capital?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 9 | 38% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 13% |
| B2B | 2 | 8% |
| Retail | 2 | 8% |
| Internet | 2 | 8% |

41 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 15 | 63% |
| Series A | 5 | 21% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 8% |
| Series B | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 19 | 79% |
| France | 1 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rafael Corrales | Founder | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rafael-corrales |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GitLaw | GitLaw is a free and simple way to create and organize legal docs. GitLaw is a new paradigm for accessing legal documents GitLaw is an open repository for legal contracts, powered by AI. | $3M | Pre-Seed | Nov 03, 2025 |  |
| Get Parallel | Get Parallel is a software company that develops a headcount planning solution for finance teams. The company also offers hassle-free headcount forecasting, increased accuracy and confidence in submitted plans, decreased time spent in manual reconciliation, simplified reporting for department leaders, and better planning decisions. Get Parallel islocated in Lehi, Utah. | $2.4M | Seed | Oct 09, 2025 |  |
| Audioshake | Audioshake makes sound more usable for both humans and machines by separating sound into its component parts. Used by some the world's largest media, entertainment, and tech companies, AudioShake is used in audio editing workflows, Voice AI, and multimodal training. | $14M | Series A | Oct 01, 2025 |  |
| Tempest | Tempest is a ready-to-use self-serve platform that enables developers to automate app development, deployment, and management while ensuring security and compliance. | $3.2M | Seed | Nov 26, 2024 |  |
| Tempest DX | Tempest delivers a ready-to-use self-serve platform, empowering developers to automate building, deploying and managing their apps with built-in security and compliance. Tempest combines everything teams need from a service catalog and software ownership to powerful end-to-end automations, enabling organizations to accelerate time to market, boostproductivity, and maximize engineering ROI. | $3.2M | Seed | Nov 25, 2024 |  |
| BinIt | BinIt is working to bring the power of data-driven decision making to waste management. Founded in 2019, BinIt is headquartered in New York. | $6.4M | Seed | Jan 29, 2024 |  |
| Supergood Systems | Supergood Systems is a single-line code tool that monitors the cost and performance of the third-party APIs. |  | Seed | Aug 08, 2023 |  |
| Flipturn | Flipturn engages in combat climate change by accelerating transportation electrification. | $4.5M | Seed | Jul 27, 2023 |  |
| Emperia | The Emperia platform powers the creation and management of immersive virtual experiences for brands across multiple retail sectors. The platform marries the reach and accessibility of e-commerce with the impact of physical customer service shopping experience, while leveraging the unique traits of the virtual space; adding a layer of customerengagement, personalization, data monitoring and omnichannel cohesion.London and New York-based, the Emperia team consists of 3D environment engineers and technical artists joined by fashion and art industry veterans and branding experts. Hailed a virtual reality pioneer by Forbes Magazine, Emperia is working with some of the world’s leading names in art, fashion and retail including Dior, Burberry, Bloomingdale's, Tommy Hilfiger, Harrods, Giorgio Armani, Lacoste, Dom Pérignon, Christie’s, Getty Images and more.Emperia has been named a top 10 most innovative company in Web3, metaverse, blockchain and cryptocurrency for 2023, by Fast Company; one of the most promising advertising and marketing tech startups of 2022 by BusinessInsider; is a proud British Fashion Council Patron, the winner of a Webby 2023 Award and a Plug & Play Brand & Retail Europe Start-Up Award winner. | $10M | Series A | Jan 25, 2023 |  |
| Reveri | Reveri’s vision is a world where anyone, anywhere, has access to the immediate benefits of self-hypnosis, and can use it to cope effectively with a variety of physical and/or mental health issues, such as anxiety, lack of focus, sleeping problems, tackling bad habits like smoking or alcohol drinking, among others. Backed by 45 years ofclinical research and practice, Reveri was created by Dr. David Spiegel, a world-leading psychiatrist at Stanford University and one of the most respected experts in the field of hypnosis. Reveri offers hypnosis sessions through a clinically-backed self-hypnosis app, serving personalized, guided sessions with the vision to mirror the experience of an in-person therapist, unlocking the power of their own minds to work towards their goals or solve a particular problem. | $3.8M | Seed | Feb 09, 2022 |  |

10 of 24 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SciFi VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scifivc) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Caffeinated Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caffeinated-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Sequoia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Shine Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shine-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Abstract](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-list-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Background Capital invest in?

Background Capital invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and B2B startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 24 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Background Capital?

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### Who are the partners at Background Capital?

The team at Background Capital includes Rafael Corrales (Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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