Rainfall Ventures

Kyle is now a Partner at Rainfall after joining the firm as an analyst in 2014 He grew up as a working TV actor from the age of 2 to 17 years old until he attended Columbia University undergrad Kyle was introduced to Ron through a diligence process, shared insight into numerous potential investments, and subsequently joined the Rainfall team Kyle has been instrumental in Rainfall’s decision making and was key to investments in Robinhood, Novo, Sky Mavis, Lithic, StreamElements, Papaya Gaming, and Curri, among others

David has worked in financial services since 2008 and has an MBA from Columbia Business School He started his career at J P Morgan Asset Management where he served as Head of Finance and Business Management for several sales teams and helped divest a business unit before becoming CFO of Global Marketing David was also an investment banker at Morgan Stanley in the Financial Institutions Group working on M&A, IPOs, and other capital markets transactions

Julia joined Rainfall in 2022 Prior to Rainfall, Julia began her career at Goldman Sachs providing Institutions and Financial Advisors with asset allocation and portfolio strategy advice To pursue her interest in private markets, she transitioned to EquityZen, a pre-IPO marketplace, where she built partnerships with both late-stage startups and their employees to facilitate transactions on the platform Julia graduated from the University of South Carolina with equivalent certificates from ESSEC, FGV-Brazil, and Universitat Mannheim She speaks Spanish and Portuguese

Travis joined Rainfall in 2022 He is a seasoned executive assistant with expertise supporting high-profile leaders He joins Rainfall after having spent the past 7 years working in executive assistance and managing a variety of special projects at David Weiss Law, a law practice focused on medical malpractice and general liability He has a B A in Linguistics from the University of California, Los Angeles

LT is a communications leader, bringing over a decade of marketing experience to Rainfall She has a B S in public relations from Syracuse University, and began her career at Edelman on the Microsoft Xbox team LT has since led PR departments at several DTC startups, including Poppin, where she scaled the B2B business prior to its acquisition She most recently served as the Senior Director of Communications at Burrow, overseeing brand marketing, creative, and partnerships – launching Burrow internationally and expanding its retail footprint across the U S

Major General (Res ) Lior Carmeli joined Rainfall as a senior advisor following a 36-year career in the IDF In the last four years alone, Lior has served as the Head of the J6, C4I, and Cyber Defense Directorate, overseeing thousands of service members and managing a multi-billion dollar budget He was responsible for protecting all IDF cyber networks and for campaigns against adversaries During his tenure, the Directorate's 2021 cyber campaign was awarded the nation's highest defense prize: the Israel Defense Award Lior holds a BSc and MSc in Electrical Engineering from Tel Aviv University and has completed the Recanati-Kaplan fellowship from the Harvard Kennedy School