Rafael Ortiz

Co-Founder and CEO @ Editorialist | Investor

📍 Santa Cruz, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 10 investments📅 18 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2025
Operator-angel🌍 United States
10
Total investments
2
Early stage
4
Mid stage
2
Late stage
18y
Years active

Portfolio

10 investments · sorted by recency
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Investor
Jun 2025
BILT
mid stageReal Estate
Investor
Dec 2024
Were building a smart AI assistant that helps you find what you want cheaper
Investor
Mar 2024
Nestment helps first-time homebuyers navigate the homebuying process with confidence through 1:1 support, a trusted network of agents and lenders, practical education, and AI-powered tools.
mid stageReal Estate
Board Member
Jan 2021
Outside Interactive, Inc. is the premier destination for outdoor inspiration, activation, and celebration. Each year, Outside reaches more than 300 million unique users and has more than 100 million registered users across its network of 25 media, service, and utility brands, including Outside, MapMyFitness, Velo, Yoga Journal, Pinkbike, Gaia GPS, Trailforks, athleteReg, and more. Outside’s mission is to get everyone outside, experiencing healthy, connected, and fulfilling lives by creating an experience for both longtime adventurers and those just getting started. Outside’s subscription offering, Outside+, bundles best-in-class storytelling, videos, gear reviews, mapping apps, online courses, discounted event access, and more. Learn more at outsideonline.com/outsideplus
Investor
Dec 2017
Coupang is a technology and Fortune 150 company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: CPNG) that provides retail, restaurant delivery, video streaming, and fintech services to customers around the world under brands that include Coupang, Eats, Play, Rocket Now, and Farfetch.
Investor
Dec 2015
StoryTerrace is a publishing-tech scale-up with 30+ employees and a pool of over 600 vetted freelancers in Europe and the United States. The company’s vision is to create a world in which every life story is turned into a book. Were hiring! Either join us as a freelance ghostwriter or as part of our fantastic in-house team. For both options please have a look on our website at writers or careers sections.
early stageBook Publishing
Investor
Dec 2015
Klarna – The smarter way to shop and pay Klarna is the AI-powered global payments and commerce network, on a mission to make shopping smarter and more flexible. Trusted by over 118m+ million shoppers, Klarna processes 3.4m million transactions daily, providing payment solutions that empower consumers and drive merchant growth. With Klarna, shoppers have the freedom to pay their way—in full, later, or through financing—providing flexibility while seamlessly connecting merchants with high-intent shoppers driving conversions and customer satisfaction. More than 966k merchant partners—including Uber, H&M, Saks, Sephora, Macy’s, IKEA, Expedia Group, Nike, and Airbnb—leverage Klarna’s payment options, and marketing solutions to enhance the shopping experience and build long-term customer loyalty. From payments to personalized shopping, Klarna is shaping the future of commerce. Klarna was founded in Stockholm, Sweden and now has offices in Stockholm, London, New York, Berlin and many more. We offer products and services to consumers and retailers within payments, social shopping, and personal finances. Learn more at Klarna.com
Investor
Aug 2014
Wish is a mobile e-commerce platform that connects millions of consumers with the widest selection of products delivered directly to their doors. Our vision is to unlock ecommerce for the underserved by giving everyone access to the most affordable and convenient shopping experience on the planet. Wish is headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices around the world.
Board Member
2009
DeepDyve is the largest online rental service for scientific, technical and medical research with over 30 million articles from thousands of authoritative journals. DeepDyve provides affordable access across thousands of peer-reviewed journals. Content from the world's leading publishers including Reed Elsevier, Springer, Wiley-Blackwell and more. Using DeepDyve, people quickly and easily find, rent, and read the in-depth, high quality information they need to answer tough research questions spanning Life Sciences, Medicines, Physical Sciences, Technology, Patents, and other reference categories, with more vertical domains to be added over time.
Board Member
2008
USA CYCLING DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION is a company based out of 210 USA CYCLING POINT, COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, United States.
Experience · 13 entries
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Investments (10)
Founder (3)
Board (3)
2025
Investor
Jun 2025
BILT
mid stageReal Estate
2024
Investor
Dec 2024
Were building a smart AI assistant that helps you find what you want cheaper
Investor
Mar 2024
Nestment helps first-time homebuyers navigate the homebuying process with confidence through 1:1 support, a trusted network of agents and lenders, practical education, and AI-powered tools.
mid stageReal Estate
2021
Board Member
Jan 2021
Outside Interactive, Inc. is the premier destination for outdoor inspiration, activation, and celebration. Each year, Outside reaches more than 300 million unique users and has more than 100 million registered users across its network of 25 media, service, and utility brands, including Outside, MapMyFitness, Velo, Yoga Journal, Pinkbike, Gaia GPS, Trailforks, athleteReg, and more. Outside’s mission is to get everyone outside, experiencing healthy, connected, and fulfilling lives by creating an experience for both longtime adventurers and those just getting started. Outside’s subscription offering, Outside+, bundles best-in-class storytelling, videos, gear reviews, mapping apps, online courses, discounted event access, and more. Learn more at outsideonline.com/outsideplus
2017
Investor
Dec 2017
Coupang is a technology and Fortune 150 company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: CPNG) that provides retail, restaurant delivery, video streaming, and fintech services to customers around the world under brands that include Coupang, Eats, Play, Rocket Now, and Farfetch.
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