Rasool Rayani

Father, founder, investor. Healthcare & tech deals pls. Building, buying & investing. DMs open

📍 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada🔄 Updated October 2026💼 10 investments📅 17 years investing🗓 Last invested Feb 2023𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 Canada
10
Total investments
3
Early stage
4
Mid stage
1
Late stage
17y
Years active

Portfolio

9 investments · sorted by recency
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Board Member - Investor
Feb 2021
Cognito is a Canadian online mental health service.
Board Member - Investor
May 2019
Medimap is Canada’s leading digital health marketplace for finding easy access to local healthcare providers. Over 70% of the walk-in medical clinics across Canada currently use our platform to publish their wait times online and hundreds of thousands of patients visit medimap.ca every month to compare availability at clinics in their community. Founded in 2015, our initial goal was to provide Canadians with an easy way of comparing wait times at walk-in medical clinics in their community to avoid the frustration of driving from clinic to clinic for access to care. Today Medimap has become a trusted resource for over 5 million Canadians who have used our platform to find easier access to care in their community. Our services include walk-in clinic wait times, on-demand virtual doctor visits, as well as the ability to easily find last minute available appointments for local paramedical services such as massage therapy, physiotherapy and chiropractic clinics. Providers participate in Medimap’s marketplace to reach new patients to grow their practice, fill their last-minute openings, and deliver a better healthcare experience. Medimap is a private company backed by some of Canada’s leading investors, and we believe we’re still only scratching the surface of what we plan to accomplish. We are a mission-driven organization dedicated to building teams as diverse as the patients and providers we aim to serve. We are a company that prides itself on being highly collaborative, and we believe that diverse perspectives, experiences and contributors make our community and our platform better.
Board Member - Owner
Aug 2017
Rumble is an all-natural, nutritionally-balanced protein Supershake. We call it a Supershake because it’s so much more than just a protein drink! Rumble is packed with premium ingredients, fibre, Omega 3’s, antioxidants and grass-fed protein to feed your body and fuel your life. We created Rumble because we believe that what we put in our bodies matters. First created in Paul’s kitchen, we made Rumble to be the most healthy, most tasty, nourishing drink out there.
Board Member - Investor
May 2014
Checkfront helps schedule-based businesses better manage their operations, centralize administration, and sell and market their services online. Our cloud-based booking application provides a centralized business management tool while offering self-service bookings from a merchants own website. We find innovative ways to ensure awareness and occupancy of your venues, activities and special events. Make it easy for your customers to find, select, and book your services. Checkfront combines leading technologies and industry best practices to ensure customer satisfaction.
Board Member
Nov 2013
TinyMob Games was founded in September, 2013 in Victoria, British Columbia. We may be young, but we're growing fast and we want you to be part of our future. Together we'll become the leading maker of free-to-play strategy games on mobile devices by creating the kind of games that you want to play. We're talking about games with rich, immersive worlds that you can explore and influence with every move. Games that challenge you, entertain you, and keep you coming back for more. These are the kinds of games we dream of creating, and we need your help to turn them into a reality. For updates, follow us on Twitter: @tinymobgames
early stageComputer Games
Board Member - Owner
Jul 2013
A 100% BC owned and operated natural market! We feature fully organic produce that’s locally sourced whenever possible, all-natural groceries selected with the highest ethical and nutritional standards, a wide range of top quality natural supplements and skincare, and a delicious deli that caters to all kinds of sensitivities and preferences. Pomme Natural Market is a new natural grocery experience.
early stageFood & Beverages
Board Member (acquired by Workday 2015)
Jan 2013
In 2011 we started MediaCore with the vision that the combination of online video and mobile devices would rapidly transform the future of education. Our idea was simple: to build a mobile platform that would essentially make it possible for every university in the world to build their own Netflix, with their own content. In a nutshell, we provided tools that made it easy for instructors to record lessons, and share them privately with their students. Over the next 4 years we assembled a formidable team and built a product that won over 20 awards internationally, raised over $6.5M in venture capital, grew significant revenue, and served over 100 of the worlds largest and most prestigious universities including Yale, Brown, Columbia, Penn State and Stanford. In September of 2015, MediaCore was acquired by Workday, a global leader in financial management and human capital management software. You’re invited to stay connected with us at https://workday.com
mid stageE-learning
Board Member
Oct 2010
Board Member (acquired by Real 2011)
Dec 2009
We make highly engaging casual games for social networks such as Facebook and MySpace. Pioneers in social game monetization, our "Scratch and Win"​ Facebook application was the first to integrate the Super Rewards virtual currency monetization platform, and Spare Change micro-payments. Backstage is the only company developing for the Facebook Platform that provides charities and non-profits with fundraising and awareness opportunities through the creation of branded content that seamlessly blends into our applications. We take pride in a commitment to customer service that sets us apart from our competitors.
Experience · 14 entries
All (14)
Investments (8)
Founder (3)
Board (7)
2023
Advisor, Venture and Growth Investments
Feb 2023
British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) offers an exceptional opportunity to work at a world-class organization. With $295 billion of gross assets under management, BCI provides investment management services to British Columbia public sector and institutional clients. As an active in-house asset manager investing globally across public and private asset classes and strategies, BCI depends on talent with specialized expertise to fulfill client needs, helping them build meaningful futures. BCI’s teams come to work each day knowing their performance has purpose, and that our achievements are built on collective expertise, in an environment where we can bring innovative ideas to the table to perform at the highest level for our clients. Our employees share BCIs core values of clients first, performance-focused, world-class, accountability, transparency, and integrity. Being recognized as one of Canadas Top 100 Employers, Canadas Top Family-Friendly Employers, Canadas Top Employers for Young People, and BCs Top Employers exemplifies our ongoing commitment to be a progressive workplace of choice; one that attracts, retains, and promotes talent so that we can continue to work towards meeting our clients financial goals.
2021
Board Member - Investor
Feb 2021
Cognito is a Canadian online mental health service.
2019
Board Member - Investor
May 2019
Medimap is Canada’s leading digital health marketplace for finding easy access to local healthcare providers. Over 70% of the walk-in medical clinics across Canada currently use our platform to publish their wait times online and hundreds of thousands of patients visit medimap.ca every month to compare availability at clinics in their community. Founded in 2015, our initial goal was to provide Canadians with an easy way of comparing wait times at walk-in medical clinics in their community to avoid the frustration of driving from clinic to clinic for access to care. Today Medimap has become a trusted resource for over 5 million Canadians who have used our platform to find easier access to care in their community. Our services include walk-in clinic wait times, on-demand virtual doctor visits, as well as the ability to easily find last minute available appointments for local paramedical services such as massage therapy, physiotherapy and chiropractic clinics. Providers participate in Medimap’s marketplace to reach new patients to grow their practice, fill their last-minute openings, and deliver a better healthcare experience. Medimap is a private company backed by some of Canada’s leading investors, and we believe we’re still only scratching the surface of what we plan to accomplish. We are a mission-driven organization dedicated to building teams as diverse as the patients and providers we aim to serve. We are a company that prides itself on being highly collaborative, and we believe that diverse perspectives, experiences and contributors make our community and our platform better.
2017
Board Member - Owner
Aug 2017
Rumble is an all-natural, nutritionally-balanced protein Supershake. We call it a Supershake because it’s so much more than just a protein drink! Rumble is packed with premium ingredients, fibre, Omega 3’s, antioxidants and grass-fed protein to feed your body and fuel your life. We created Rumble because we believe that what we put in our bodies matters. First created in Paul’s kitchen, we made Rumble to be the most healthy, most tasty, nourishing drink out there.
2016
Advisor, Investment Committee Member, LP
2016
​Inovia Capital partners with founders to build impactful and enduring global companies. With an operator-led mindset, we provide multi-stage support, mentorship, and access to a worldwide network. Inovia manages over US$2.5B in assets with operations in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, the Bay Area, London, and Abu Dhabi. For more information, visit inovia.vc.
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