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Rain Capital

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite

Rain Capital is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in SaaS, Developer Tools, Other. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$2.0M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
4 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
SaaS, Developer Tools, Other, Security, AI / ML
HQ
San Francisco, CA
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-07-18

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $2.0M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focuses on investing in early-stage infrastructure and enabling tools, with strong emphasis on developer tools and security-first AI solutions.

How Rain Capital invests

Rain Capital is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on SaaS, Developer Tools, Other, Security, AI / ML. It does not invest in Consumer, Media.

Rain Capital typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment.

Rain Capital has backed 2 companies in our records, including Axiom, GitGuardian.

Partners & Team

DB

David B. Cross

LLP Partner & Venture Partner

Cybersecurity
AI
Analytics
SaaS
CC

Charisee Castagnoli

Venture Partner

Cybersecurity
Enterprise Software
CW

Chenxi Wang

Managing Partner

Developer Tools
Enterprise Software
Cybersecurity
AZ

Amena Zhang

Partner

Cybersecurity
Asia’investments
Security Industry

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
Developer Tools
Other
Security
AI / ML

Does Not Invest In

Consumer
Media

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

AX

Axiom

Developer Tools
GI

GitGuardian

Developer Tools
How to pitch Rain Capital
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in SaaS, Developer Tools, Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as David B. Cross, LLP Partner & Venture Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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