# RAA Ventures

> RAA Ventures is a VC fund in San Francisco backing B2B and Apps. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Nov 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/raa-ventures
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/RAAVentures
- Website: http://raaventures.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/raaventures

RAA Ventures is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on B2B and Apps. RAA Ventures makes angel investments and provides venture capital to extraordinary entrepreneurs and game-changing ideas.

## Contacts

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

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 1 | 25% |
| Apps | 1 | 25% |
| Sports | 1 | 25% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 25% |
| Advertising | 1 | 25% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 50% |
| Norway | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Robert Afshar | Founder & Principal | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robert-afshar |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cheeze | A minting studio for photographers. |  | Seed | Nov 10, 2021 |  |
| Cheeze | A minting studio for photographers. | $1.8M | Pre-Seed | Nov 10, 2021 |  |
| Socius | Socius is a new advertising platform for digital publishers. It matches advertisers’ social content to publishers’ pages and monetize it - custom native ads that scale. | $400K | Seed | Aug 08, 2016 |  |
| DoubleUp | DoubleUp offers exclusive online sports contests that pay cash prizes. While traditional daily fantasy sites focus on salary cap games that can take hours to play, DoubleUp offers simple, fun contests that take less than 30 seconds to enter and win. With free entries for all contests, it's a great way for casual fans to get moreinvolved in the sports they love watching. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2013 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Olive Tree Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/olive-tree-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pirata Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pirata-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does RAA Ventures invest in?

RAA Ventures invests primarily in B2B, Apps and Sports startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 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 RAA Ventures?

Public channels for RAA Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at RAA Ventures?

The team at RAA Ventures includes Robert Afshar (Founder & Principal). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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