Rafael Corrales: Helping Entrepreneurs Navigate through Their Startup Journey

Aside from making money from investments, many entrepreneurs who have turned into venture capital partners invest in promising startups in order to help them succeed the same way someone helped them when they first started out. Rafael Corrales, a native of Venezuela, is doing the same thing.

Corrales earned his Bachelor’s Degree at Georgia Tech and then went on to get an MBA from Harvard Business School. His entrepreneurial journey began when he co-founded LearnBoost, a web-based software platform for teachers. Before starting up his own business, Corrales worked in sales, marketing, and business development at RentJuice, sales consulting at HubSpot and as a mergers and acquisitions analyst at Xerox.

Corrales was able to use his vast experience in business when he joined Charles River Ventures in 2013. He was recently promoted to partner and is interested in early-stage companies in marketplaces, consumer mobile, hardware, and Bitcoin. He also has personal investments in several companies including Luxe, Blockchain, and Instacart.