# Nick Rau

> Nick Rau is a seed investor in San Francisco backing Film, Privacy and Software. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: May 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nickrau

Nick Rau is a seed investor in San Francisco focused on Film and Privacy. Nick is responsible for all product development and engineering at Vizu and has more than a decade of experience in leading software development projects/teams. He has a strong understanding of high traffic/highly scalable web platforms, user interfaces, data systems, and digital media technologies, and he has worked on all of theInternet's highest traffic websites. Previously, Nick spent seven years at Modem Media / Digitas, a leading Internet marketing strategy and services firm, and was responsible for Modem's technology practice on the West Coast.Nick graduated with a BS in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign and received a MS in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California at Berkeley.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Film | 1 | 50% |
| Privacy | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Cloud Security | 1 | 50% |
| Virtual Reality | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Okera | Okera provides secure data access at scale so that data teams have the confidence to unlock the power of their data for innovation and growth. By ensuring that appropriate data access controls are in place and meet the evolving data privacy landscape, the Okera Active Data Access Platform can automatically discover and audit data lakes, createaccess policies using its no-code visual policy engine, and enforce fine-grained access in hybrid and multi-cloud environments such as AWS and Azure. Okera is headquartered in San Francisco and backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, ClearSky Security, and Felicis Ventures. Learn more at www.okera.com or contact us at info@okera.com. | $12M | Series A | May 22, 2018 |  |
| Limitless | Founded in Spring 2015 and headquartered in Seattle, WA, Limitless Ltd is the creator of the patent-pending Limitless Creative VR Environment platform, speeding the way for film and game makers to realize the true promise of real-life interactive characters in VR. | $1M | Seed | Jun 10, 2016 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Capital One Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capital-one-growth-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Capital One Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capital-one-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Colopl Next](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/colopl-next) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CRCM](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/CRCM) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Emergent Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emergent-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Felicis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/felicis-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Nick Rau invest in?

Nick Rau invests primarily in Film, Privacy and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Nick Rau last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nick Rau closed in May 2018. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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