# Zander Rafael

> Zander Rafael is a Series A investor at Spring Tide Capital backing Software. See 6 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Spring Tide Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/spring-tide-capital)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-rafael-64a1bb26/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/zanderrafael

Zander Rafael is a Series A investor at Spring Tide Capital in New York focused on Software and Machine Learning. Zander Rafael - Managing Director and Founder @ Spring Tide Capital

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 33% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 33% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 33% |
| SaaS | 1 | 17% |
| Water | 1 | 17% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |
| Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Series B | 1 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The Portal | The Portal is a membership-based group that fosters community interaction and wellbeing. | $5M |  | Jun 09, 2026 | https://www.theportal.house |
| PowerX | PowerX offers an app that provides a unified view of all energy, devices, and water outlets running in any home.PowerX’s patent-pending AI technology saves money by learning the routine, automatically optimizing the water heating and providing solutions to help save money and be more efficient. PowerX helps to identify the individual appliancesand water outlets like a garden faucet that are driving up the utility bill each month. The company was founded in 2020 and based in Brooklyn, New York. | $4M | Seed | May 01, 2023 | https://powerx.co |
| Podium Education | Podium Education provides a digital skill program offering learning experiences focusing on tech skills development and intercultural competency.Podium partners with colleges and universities to deliver online programs that provide soft-skilled students with the in-demand hard skills that lead to great employment outcomes. The company was foundedin 2019 and is based in Austin, Texas. | $20M | Series B | Aug 30, 2022 | http://www.podiumeducation.com |
| Constructor | Constructor.io is the only search and product discovery platform tailor-made for enterprise eCommerce where conversions matter. Constructor's cloud-based solutions use natural language processing, machine learning-enhanced results ranking, and collaborative personalization to deliver powerful user experiences across all facets of productdiscovery -- from search to browse, recommendations, autosuggest, quizzes, and attribute enrichment.We optimize revenue before relevance. This has allowed us to generate consistent $10M+ lifts for our customers, which include some of the biggest brands in retail like Sephora, American Eagle, Backcountry, Birkenstock, and Bonobos. Constructor is a remote-first company with employees around the world. We were founded in 2015 by Eli Finkelshteyn and Dan McCormick. | $55M | Series A | Sep 15, 2021 | https://www.constructor.io |
| Podium Education | Podium Education provides a digital skill program offering learning experiences focusing on tech skills development and intercultural competency.Podium partners with colleges and universities to deliver online programs that provide soft-skilled students with the in-demand hard skills that lead to great employment outcomes. The company was foundedin 2019 and is based in Austin, Texas. | $12M | Series A | Oct 15, 2020 | http://www.podiumeducation.com |
| Podium Education | Podium Education provides a digital skill program offering learning experiences focusing on tech skills development and intercultural competency.Podium partners with colleges and universities to deliver online programs that provide soft-skilled students with the in-demand hard skills that lead to great employment outcomes. The company was foundedin 2019 and is based in Austin, Texas. | $12M | Series A | Oct 14, 2020 | http://www.podiumeducation.com |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Goldcrest Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goldcrest-capital-2) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [137 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/137-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Album VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/album) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Learn Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/learncapital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Album VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peak-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Spring Tide Capital

VC Fund · New York, United States

Spring Tide Capital is a venture capital firm that invests across stages in private companies. The firm was founded in 2018 by Zander Rafael and based in New York CIty, New York.

2 contacts available at Spring Tide Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Zander Rafael | Managing Director and Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zander-rafael |
| Adam Ramada | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-ramada |

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## FAQ

### What does Zander Rafael invest in?

Zander Rafael invests primarily in Software, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 6 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 Zander Rafael?

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### When did Zander Rafael last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Zander Rafael closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 6 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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