stars 1 stars 2 stars 3

I invest, through Background Capital, in early stage startups with a path to becoming impactful, enduring companies. I am solely backed by top founders, executives, and super connectors - this is to create a multiplier on my own efforts to support the next wave of great founders. In a similar stage and manner to my angel fund’s focus, I have previously been an early advisor to Instacart and Vurb (+10x acquisition by Snap) and a first round individual investor to Blockchain, Clearbit, Webflow, and Luxe (acquired by Volvo). I’ve lived this stage of the founder journey as an entrepreneur myself - I was fortunate to step into the investing world after my startup was acquired. Because this is now my full time profession and because I take the same dilution alongside the teams I back, I’m also the most aligned early stage individual investor for the founders I am lucky to invest in and support.

Background Capital Questions

Rafael Corrales is the Founder of Background Capital.

1 people are employed at Background Capital.

Background Capital is based in San Francisco, California.

Top Background Capital Employees

View Similar People
G2 Leader Summer 2026 G2 Best Est ROI Mid-Market Summer 2026 G2 Easiest Admin Mid-Market Summer 2026 G2 Most Implementable Summer 2026 G2 Best Results Mid-Market Summer 2026 G2 Lead Capture Mid-Market Summer 2026 Inc Fastest Growing Private Companies 2026 Inc Best Workplace 2026
g2crowd
G2Crowd Trusted
chromestore
300K+ Plugin Users