Investments
27Portfolio Exits
16About Geoff Ralston
Geoff Ralston is an angel investor who generally invests $50K-$100K in young, emerging companies with a focus on the companies in the SF Bay Area which are technology focused with a strong technical team on board. Ralston aims to assist portfolio companies through efforts and expertise focused on product quality, user experiences, and product differentiation in addition to his network of contacts.
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Latest Geoff Ralston News
Sep 22, 2023
DBL Partners led the $9.7M round, with participation from VoLo Earth Ventures, Kapor Capital, and Convective Capital. Other investors include Immad Akhund, Brian Bjelde, Steve Blank, John and Patrick Collison, Edward Fenster, Dylan Field, Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, Geoff Ralston, and Blake Scholl Founded in 2019, Rain draws on fire agency insights and personal experience with extreme wildfire to create the first autonomous rapid wildfire suppression system, addressing the urgent need to scale, expedite and modernize response to the growing number of wildfires. (c)2011-2020 by Massinvestor, Inc. For contact info, please check out our about page.
Geoff Ralston Investments
27 Investments
Geoff Ralston has made 27 investments. Their latest investment was in Rain Industries as part of their Seed VC on September 9, 2023.
Geoff Ralston Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9/21/2023 | Seed VC | Rain Industries | $9.7M | Yes | 3 | |
11/6/2019 | Seed VC | Elpha | $1.1M | Yes | 4 | |
10/3/2016 | Series A | Benchling | $7M | Yes | 5 | |
8/10/2016 | Seed VC - II | |||||
3/21/2016 | Series B |
Date | 9/21/2023 | 11/6/2019 | 10/3/2016 | 8/10/2016 | 3/21/2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Seed VC | Seed VC | Series A | Seed VC - II | Series B |
Company | Rain Industries | Elpha | Benchling | ||
Amount | $9.7M | $1.1M | $7M | ||
New? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Geoff Ralston Portfolio Exits
16 Portfolio Exits
Geoff Ralston has 16 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was TripleByte on March 16, 2023.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3/16/2023 | Acquired | 5 | |||
11/11/2021 | IPO | Public | 6 | ||
3/17/2021 | Acq - Fin | 2 | |||
Date | 3/16/2023 | 11/11/2021 | 3/17/2021 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exit | Acquired | IPO | Acq - Fin | ||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | Public | ||||
Sources | 5 | 6 | 2 |
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