# Rafael Corrales

> Rafael Corrales is a seed investor at Background Capital backing Software and Health Care. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Background Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/background-capital)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 10%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rafaelcorrales
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/RafaelCorrales
- Website: https://x.com/RafaelCorrales
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/learnboost

Rafael Corrales is a seed investor at Background Capital in San Francisco focused on Software and Health Care. Rafael is now a General Partner at CRV and brings operating and founding CEO experience from the world of early stage startups. He has led CRV's investments in Amino as well as two currently stealth companies. He also sourced CRV's investments in companies like PillPack and Airtable. Before becoming an investing partner, he became apersonal shareholder in the very first round of five startups: Instacart, Blockchain, Luxe, Webflow, and Clearbit.Prior to CRV, he was the founding CEO of LearnBoost, a company which was acquired by WordPress as the largest of their first 12 acquisitions. His team's open source libraries have cumulatively been downloaded over 160 million times and helped popularize Node.JS

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.4M–$5M |
| Series A | $7M–$30M |
| Series B | $13M–$250M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 50% |
| Health Care | 2 | 20% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 20% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 20% |
| iOS | 1 | 10% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 50% |
| Series A | 2 | 20% |
| Series B | 2 | 20% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 7 | 70% |
| Canada | 1 | 10% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Beacon Software | Beacon Software is a holding company that specializes in the acquisition of software businesses. | $250M | Series B | Nov 04, 2025 |  |
| 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 |  |
| PostgresML | PostgresML is an AI application database. It is a Rust-written open-source Postgres extension.PostgresML instantly scales workloads with dedicated replicas or serverless GPU-accelerated cloud. | $4.7M | Seed | May 10, 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 |  |
| Openlytics | Openlytics is a Visual Data Platform. It allows Data Workers to create pipelines for data transformation and analysis, in a visual way. Our mission is to empower everyone in the organization to solve data problems, without waiting for developers.Openlytics is an early-stage company, looking to build a founding team that can shape the direction ofthe product. We’re seed-funded, remote-first, and hiring.If you're interested in learning more, email us at hello@openlytics.io. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Apr 15, 2021 |  |
| PopSQL | PopSQL is a developer of collaborative SQL query editing software designed to share queries and visualize data. The company's software stores SQL queries and runs regularly, grouping them into folders that can be kept private or shared among the team, track changes so it can be reverted if or when something breaks, enabling users to workcollaboratively on queries and then distribute among the team. | $3.4M | Seed | Sep 08, 2020 |  |
| Red Planet Labs | Pioneering a programming tool that radically changes the economics of software development | $5M | Seed | Apr 03, 2019 |  |
| Amino | Amino is a San Francisco-based healthcare financial wellness platform that helps companies & their employees navigate the complexities of the US healthcare system & find the highest value care, which has become even more important of late. | $13M | Series B | Oct 20, 2015 |  |
| Blockchain.com | Blockchain.com is a developer of a digital assets platform that offers ways to buy, hold, and use cryptocurrency.It creates a financial system for the internet that empowers anyone in the world to control their money. Over 50+ million customers have signed up to use the Blockchain.com platform. It's a fast and easy way to buy Bitcoin, tradecrypto, send, receive, secure, and borrow digital currencies. The Blockchain.com explorer is one of the most trafficked websites in the world to find out what's happening in the crypto markets and the Blockchain.com exchange supports a fast trading experience. | $30M | Series A | Oct 07, 2014 |  |
| Amino | Amino is a San Francisco-based healthcare financial wellness platform that helps companies & their employees navigate the complexities of the US healthcare system & find the highest value care, which has become even more important of late. | $7M | Series A | Sep 01, 2014 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Amplify Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amplify-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Rock Health Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rock-health) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SciFi VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scifivc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Accomplice](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accomplice-atlas-venture) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Background Capital

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

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

1 contacts available at Background Capital.

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

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## FAQ

### What does Rafael Corrales invest in?

Rafael Corrales invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Rafael Corrales's check size?

Rafael Corrales typically joins rounds of $3.4M–$5M at Seed, $7M–$30M at Series A and $13M–$250M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Rafael Corrales participates in.

### When did Rafael Corrales last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Rafael Corrales closed in Nov 2025. Shizune tracks 10 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?

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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