Don Rainey

Good Human delivers off market, well curated, high potential, venture growth investments to Family Offices seeking direct investments

📍 Charlotte Metro, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 19 investments📅 19 years investing🗓 Last invested Oct 2024𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Board Member
Oct 2024
Fastbreak AI is transforming how the world of sports operates. Our AI-powered platforms deliver the intelligence behind scheduling, tournament management and sponsor activation for professional, amateur, and youth sports organizations worldwide. From the NBA, MLS and NHL to sports Federations, NGBs and regional leagues, Fastbreak powers the systems that make sports run better. Our software optimizes logistics, lowers costs, unlocks new revenue streams, and improves sporting experiences for athletes, fans and organizers. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Fastbreak AI is a fast-growing team of innovators, engineers, and sports enthusiasts driven by a shared mission: to improve sports operations and keep costs low. We’re building the future of sports technology—and we’re just getting started. Were always looking for exceptional people: https://www.fastbreak.ai/careers
Board Member
Jan 2024
Rabbus free data tools help investors find, analyze, and acquire short-term rentals. We put the power of data in investors hands — for free. Through our tools, investors can find out how much any property can make as an Airbnb, conduct short-term rental market research, and browse on-market properties that are available for purchase that have been paired with short-term rental return stats. All for free. Improve your short-term rental data search and start using Rabbu today.
late stageReal Estate
Board Member
Jan 2024
Skiptown (formerly Skipper) is a tech-enabled hub for dogs and their people. The trusted pet services company provides pet parents with first-class dog walking, daycare, and boarding services, as well as a membership-based dog park and bar – all powered by the Skiptown mobile app. Skiptown has secured thousands of members since opening the first location in Charlotte, NC in August of 2020. Skiptown offers an indoor/outdoor turfed dog park, a bar for humans, dog daycare, overnight boarding, a grooming salon, and dog walking services. From valet daycare drop-off to "Skippers" who monitor the pups at play, Skiptowns dog-focused design and high-end hangout is about giving peace of mind to pet parents and joy to their four-legged family members. Skiptowns proprietary technology platform streamlines booking and account management, sends multiple daily visit reports, pairs dogs to playgroups based on personality type, and allows for a fully customized experience for every dog. Backed by private investors and high-profile venture capital firms, including Techstars Ventures, Bull Creek Capital, and Firebrand Ventures, Skiptown is poised for growth. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Skiptown is expanding into new markets soon! Learn more about how Skiptown is revolutionizing the pet parent experience at skiptown.io.
Board Member
Mar 2022
Krista enables companies to elegantly orchestrate processes across people, apps, and AI. Krista provides a natural language processing based platform to help companies integrate any AI into processes to improve business outcomes.
Former Board Member
Aug 2021
"Youreka helps Salesforce customers elevate the experience of frontline workers without leaving Salesforce Customer 360" — Karen Mehal, VP of Field Service, Salesforce Youreka is closing the skills gap with its proprietary, no-code mobile technology platform that makes it easy to build smart applications that assist field service technicians and frontline workers across various industries: • Manufacturing • Healthcare • Energy & Utilities • Financial Services • Government Built on the leading cloud platform, Salesforce, Youreka enables organizations to elevate the capabilities of their mobile workers and field service technicians, and in turn, improve customer service and accelerate growth.
Board Member
Mar 2021
Rent Ready is a rapidly growing services platform that uses technology to help coordinate the process of getting vacant apartment homes ready to rent (“turn”). Built to eliminate the frustration of typical apartment turns, Rent Ready utilizes a proprietary logistics platform to connect communities to skilled professionals. Rent Ready is transforming the apartment turn process across the nation because we are your one-stop-shop for apartment turns! Everything you need to manage your turns. All in one place using an automated turn board to streamline the entire process!
Board Observer
Jul 2019
The only digital tool your techs need on a jobsite, XOi is built for HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical, Construction, Kitchen Equipment, and more. Connecting people from all parts of the field service ecosystem with the equipment they service, and centered around the data your techs collect on a job site, XOi transforms your business from the ground up through streamlined workflows, instant access to knowledge, robust insights, and game-changing customer transparency.
Board Member
Jun 2019
PetScreening™ helps housing providers manage residents pets and assistance animals digitally while generating opportunities for pet-related revenue. The virtual screening platform standardizes risk-assessment for household pets by providing a digital Pet Profile and FIDO Score for each pet screened. PetScreening streamlines the assistance animal accommodation request review process while following HUD guidelines, and it helps limit unauthorized pets.
Board Member
Aug 2017
Adwerx is an industry-leading digital advertising automation platform that provides personalized, hyper-targeted, and fully-automated digital advertising solutions for real estate and mortgage companies. Scalable for businesses of any size, Adwerx executes advertising with the power needed for large enterprises and the simplicity expected for an individual agent. As a trusted partner to thousands of real estate and mortgage firms and their top producers, Adwerx enables its customers to stay ahead of the competition by reaching new audiences and nurturing existing relationships. For more information about Adwerx and its suite of digital advertising solutions, visit www.adwerx.com.
Former Board Member
Aug 2017
ICX Media (powered by Salient) is revolutionizing the digital media market. Our proprietary platform harnesses advanced artificial intelligence, machine learning and adaptive technologies to help brands, agencies, media companies, political organizations, interest groups and more create richer, more engaging media campaigns and digital ads with data-backed confidence. Our custom segments and audience activations lead to higher impact and an increased ROI for our clients. Our clients leverage audience engagement and interaction data from walled gardens and streaming services to drive intelligence, activation and conversion across the digital landscape. Currently, our user data store includes 200MM+ CCPA compliant Rich Profiles™ with data points encompassing demographics, video viewing, sentiment, preferences, engagement, comments, tweets, followers, shares, likes, etc., to build and activate precision-based custom audiences at scale for highly effective campaigns. ICX Media was acquired by Salient Global in January, 2022.
Board Member
Jun 2017
Gain peace of mind and reduce workload with a financial sensei in your corner. Ceterus provides clear financial insights, tech-enabled bookkeeping, and tax preparation so you can build a stronger future as a franchise or small business owner. As a growing business ourselves, we understand the dilemma small business owners face. Increasing demands on running the day-to-day operations, hiring and maintaining staff, and building the brand, in general, leave little to no room to put the level of focus on financials that your business deserves. When you work with us, we bring you: Experienced accountants with niche-level expertise in your industry that understand the ins and outs of your business so you don’t have to explain them. In other words, we take bookkeeping completely off of your plate from the beginning. Multi-layer security that ensures your information is protected. We want you to feel safe in making us part of the business you’ve passionately built from the ground up. Access to our web and mobile apps so you have all of the information you need to make critical business decisions at your fingertips. Because we know managing a business isn’t all done in front of a computer. The best part? We price according to your bookkeeping requirements, rather than the size of your business, allowing us to remain simultaneously affordable and worth the price. Reach out whenever you’re ready to relinquish the guilt of not putting enough time into your financials and work with a team as passionate about your business as you are.
late stageAccounting
Former Board Member
Dec 2015
We understand that your network means a lot to you and that its very important to you personally and professionally. We help you prevent anyone from falling through the cracks by systematically and organically bubbling up the important people who havent been spoken to in a while. And we make this easy by providing a ton of tools at your fingertips, such as a number of integrations, mobile apps, pipelines, process automation, smart contact organization, and scale mail.
Board Member
Nov 2014
Payzer provides HVAC and Plumbing contractors with easy-to-use software, world-class support, and secure payments with Payzerware, the all-in-one management tool designed for the trades. Features include Scheduling, Dispatch, Customer Management, Invoicing, Sales Proposals, Maintenance Plans, Reporting, and so much more! To schedule a free Payzerware demo, visit www.payzer.com or call 1-866-488-6525. No contract. No hidden fees. No brainer.
Board Member
Dec 2013
Passport is the leader in unified parking and curb management. By integrating parking, enforcement and payments into one software solution, Passport is the only platform that brings together the complexities of mobility operations into one view to help cities improve decision-making and efficiencies. From mobile payments to citation issuance, permitting technology and more, Passport is empowering cities of all sizes with better insights to improve parking turnover, expand revenue opportunities, and create more livable communities. Passport is trusted by more than 800 clients across North America.
Former Board Member
Oct 2011
Booker by MINDBODY is transforming the way local services are managed by businesses and discovered by consumers. Booker replaces everything from manual methods to disconnected software, and unifies the essential components of running a service business into a single web-based platform, accessible from any device. Booker by MINDBODY also enables service business to sell their services online, through their website and a network of partner sites and apps, creating a seamless online booking experience for consumers. Booker by MINDBODY processes over one million appointments each month across 70 countries. Headquartered in New York City, Booker by MINDBODYs customers include thousands of local service businesses as well as Fortune 500 companies. For more information, booker.com.
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2024
Board Member
Oct 2024
Fastbreak AI is transforming how the world of sports operates. Our AI-powered platforms deliver the intelligence behind scheduling, tournament management and sponsor activation for professional, amateur, and youth sports organizations worldwide. From the NBA, MLS and NHL to sports Federations, NGBs and regional leagues, Fastbreak powers the systems that make sports run better. Our software optimizes logistics, lowers costs, unlocks new revenue streams, and improves sporting experiences for athletes, fans and organizers. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Fastbreak AI is a fast-growing team of innovators, engineers, and sports enthusiasts driven by a shared mission: to improve sports operations and keep costs low. We’re building the future of sports technology—and we’re just getting started. Were always looking for exceptional people: https://www.fastbreak.ai/careers
Partner
Feb 2024
Good Human Investment Partners does two things: We help successful private companies address their need for Primary and Secondary capital. We offer those investment opportunities preferentially and on good terms to Family Offices.
Board Member
Jan 2024
Rabbus free data tools help investors find, analyze, and acquire short-term rentals. We put the power of data in investors hands — for free. Through our tools, investors can find out how much any property can make as an Airbnb, conduct short-term rental market research, and browse on-market properties that are available for purchase that have been paired with short-term rental return stats. All for free. Improve your short-term rental data search and start using Rabbu today.
late stageReal Estate
Board Member
Jan 2024
Skiptown (formerly Skipper) is a tech-enabled hub for dogs and their people. The trusted pet services company provides pet parents with first-class dog walking, daycare, and boarding services, as well as a membership-based dog park and bar – all powered by the Skiptown mobile app. Skiptown has secured thousands of members since opening the first location in Charlotte, NC in August of 2020. Skiptown offers an indoor/outdoor turfed dog park, a bar for humans, dog daycare, overnight boarding, a grooming salon, and dog walking services. From valet daycare drop-off to "Skippers" who monitor the pups at play, Skiptowns dog-focused design and high-end hangout is about giving peace of mind to pet parents and joy to their four-legged family members. Skiptowns proprietary technology platform streamlines booking and account management, sends multiple daily visit reports, pairs dogs to playgroups based on personality type, and allows for a fully customized experience for every dog. Backed by private investors and high-profile venture capital firms, including Techstars Ventures, Bull Creek Capital, and Firebrand Ventures, Skiptown is poised for growth. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Skiptown is expanding into new markets soon! Learn more about how Skiptown is revolutionizing the pet parent experience at skiptown.io.
2022
Board Member
Mar 2022
Krista enables companies to elegantly orchestrate processes across people, apps, and AI. Krista provides a natural language processing based platform to help companies integrate any AI into processes to improve business outcomes.
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