Rainmaking

What is Rainmaking?

Rainmaking is an investment firm that operates with a focus on unleashing the power of entrepreneurship to address significant challenges alongside the world's leading companies. They specialize in various facets of venture support, such as venture building, startup pilots, accelerators, and opportunity mapping, while also emphasizing internal innovation within organizations.

Their approach is centered on co-creating tangible business results, sharing risks and rewards, and navigating market uncertainties to identify growth opportunities for both top and bottom lines.

Rainmaking powers innovation across industries, with global reach in regions including APAC, Europe, LATAM, MENA, and the US, and particular industry focus on FinTech, Net Zero, Transport, Trade & Transport Impact, Port City Innovation Hubs, InsurTech, Smart City, and other sectors.

They have built, invested in, and accelerated hundreds of ventures worldwide, creating over $5 billion USD in equity value. Rainmaking touts a high rate of successful pilots, facilitating numerous collaborations between corporates and startups with a strong success rate.

They also boast an extensive network of over 85 Fortune 500 partners, working to solve large-scale challenges across industries.

Their case studies reflect significant achievements, such as reinventing insurance, launching internal ventures, and driving operational efficiency for major companies. Rainmaking has recently been acquired by Bain & Company, as of July 2023. This acquisition reflects the strength and reach of their innovation capabilities within the corporate venture landscape.

Rainmaking's family of services includes offerings such as Startupbootcamp, Raspberry Ventures, Finnovista, Slideworks, Sugarcoat, and the Aspire platform.

What they say:

We are a firm dedicated to fostering new businesses and strategic advancements.

What we look for: We invest in corporate innovation and venture development.