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Rainfall Ventures

VC
Santa Monica, CAWebsite

Rainfall Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Santa Monica, CA investing in Other. The firm typically writes $100K–$1.5M checks and has 106 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$100K–$1.5M
Portfolio
106 companies on record
Partners
3 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other
HQ
Santa Monica, CA
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-07-18

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $1.5M

Portfolio

106+ companies

Team

3 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2025Investments in last 12 months: 1

Investment Thesis

Backs founders building innovative platforms for mobile experiences and tools empowering creators.

How Rainfall Ventures invests

Rainfall Ventures is a vc firm based in Santa Monica, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other.

Rainfall Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$1.5M per investment.

Investing since at least 2011, Rainfall Ventures has backed 106 companies in our records, including Lexington Bakes, The Real Cereal Company, Harmonic. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2025, with 1 investment logged over the last 12 months.

Partners & Team

RR

Ron Rofe

Co-Founder

TN

Travis Nelson

Executive Assistant

NR

Nate Redmond

Managing Partner

Mobile Apps
SaaS

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other

Portfolio Companies (106)

2025

LE

Lexington Bakes

Food & Beverage

go to https://lexingtonbakes.com/

2024

TH

The Real Cereal Company

Food & Beverage

go to https://realcereal.com/

HA

Harmonic

FinTech

go to https://harmonic.fun/

CL

Cleva

FinTech

go to https://www.getcleva.com/

AT

Athlete to Athlete

Social

go to https://www.athletetoathlete.org/

2023

FA

Fastgen

Productivity

go to https://fastgen.com/

UB

Ubicloud

Cloud Computing

go to https://www.ubicloud.com/

2022

LI

Liblab

Web3

go to https://liblab.com/

AR

Arist

EdTech

go to https://www.arist.co/

BA

Banditos

Gaming

go to https://banditos.studio/

How to pitch Rainfall Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $100K – $1.5M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Ron Rofe, Co-Founder.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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