Rainfall is a founder focused venture capital fund based in New York City. We partner with teams to change industries worldwide.

Rainfall Ventures is the rebrand of Vaizra Investments operating since 2011.

About Us

Ron Rofé
Co-founder and Managing Partner

Ron has been involved in technology since 2006 as one of the founders of a skill gaming company which eventually pivoted to Plarium.com, a leader in hardcore social media games worldwide. Prior to which he served in the Israeli Defense Forces in the technology unit. He was born in the US and currently resides in NYC.

Yitzhak Mirilashvili
Co-founder

Slava has been investing in technology and internet since 2007 and was the leading co-founder of VK.com (Vkontakte.ru), Russia's biggest social network. He mainly focuses on technology opportunities in the US and Israel.

Kyle Sullivan
Partner

Kyle grew up as a child actor from the age of two, studied psychology at Columbia University, met Ron as a Manhattan bike messenger, and sourced Robinhood within two months of joining the fund. He has since worked with Ron for four years, performing diligence and climbing the ranks from Research Analyst to Partner.

Alexander Taub
Advisor

Alex is the co-founder of SocialRank, a simple tool that helps brands find out more information about their followers on social networks. He has has been featured in Business Insider as one of the “Top 20 Under 25” in the NY tech scene and has written on all things tech for Fast Company, The New York Observer, The Next Web and VentureBeat. He is also a contributor for the Forbes Entrepreneur section.

Investments

Companies with an * were investments made under Vaizra Investment before the rebrand to Rainfall Ventures.

Previous Notable Founder Investments

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