Ron is responsible for investment selection and portfolio management at Rainfall. After serving as Head of Organization for Mamram (IDF Tech Unit), Ron was part of the founding team of Plarium, a global gaming company. Following a successful exit from Plarium, Ron saw an opportunity to leverage his personal experience and deep network to invest in early-stage companies. He is committed to finding the best founders capable of delivering category-leading investments across sectors.

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.

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Matt joins Rainfall from Blend Labs, Inc. (NYSE: BLND) where he was Corporate Counsel. Before Blend Labs, he served as an Associate at Gunderson Dettmer, representing venture capital firms and startup companies in transactions at all stages of the corporate lifecycle. He previously worked as an Associate at both Sidley Austin and Cahill Gordon & Reindel, practicing corporate law. Matt has had a keen interest in investing since childhood. He obtained his B.A. from James Madison College at Michigan State University and his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School. He is licensed to practice law in New York and California.

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.

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.