Don Rainey
InvestorFounderGeneral Partner at Grotech Ventures · Board director at Payzer
Charlotte, North Carolina
Writes $500K – $5M checks · typically $2.5M
FoundedPayzer
About
Don Rainey is a venture capitalist and partner at Good Human Partners with more than two decades of experience investing in technology companies across enterprise software, fintech, proptech, and emerging tech sectors. He has held senior positions at Grotech Ventures and Intersouth Partners, serving on numerous company boards and advising on governance, operations, and growth strategy. Rainey also contributes to entrepreneurship education and technology-transfer initiatives, and currently serves on the advisory boards of LaunchCLT and Charlotte Fund.
Board director at Payzer
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In turn, Don can intro founders to Payzer's investors below.
Payzer's investors · 5
Co-founders at Payzer
JG
Joe GiordanoFounder
DL
Douglas LittleExecutive Officer
JA
Joseph A GiordanoExecutive Officer, Director
TM
Thomas McCulleyDirector
ME
Mark E McDowellDirector
TM
THomas McCulleyDirector
MM
Mark McDowellDirector
Experience
- Good Human PartnersPartnercurrent2024 — presentCharlotte, North Carolina, United States
- Fastbreak AIBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentCharlotte, North Carolina, United States
- Fastbreak AIFormer Chairman of the Board - SEQL2024Austin, Texas, United States
- Rabbu, Inc.Board Membercurrent2024 — presentCharlotte, North Carolina, United States
- Passport, IncBoard Membercurrent2013 — presentCharlotte Metro
- ForesightBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentNashville, Tennessee, United States
- Rent ReadyFormer Board Membercurrent2021 — presentCharlotte, North Carolina, United States
- PetScreening.comFormer Board Membercurrent2019 — presentCharlotte Metro
- AdwerxFormer Board Membercurrent2017 — presentRaleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area
- TopDeck FoundationCo-Foundercurrent2014 — presentCornelius, North Carolina, United States
- James Madison UniversityRainey Sheperd Kushel James Madison University Business Plan Competitioncurrent2003 — presentHarrisonburg, Virginia, United States
- KristaFormer Board Member2022 — 2026Dallas, Texas, United States
- SkiptownFormer Board Member2024 — 2025Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
- Grotech VenturesFormer General Partner2007 — 2023Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
- PayzerFormer Board Member2014 — 2023Charlotte Metro
- ZenossFormer Board Member2007 — 2023Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- Ceterus, Inc.Former Board Member2017 — 2023Charleston, South Carolina Metropolitan Area
- XOi TechnologiesFormer Board Observer2019 — 2023Nashville Metropolitan Area
- Youreka LabsFormer Board Member2021 — 2022Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- ICX Media, IncFormer Board Member2017 — 2019Washington DC-Baltimore Area
Education
- James Madison UniversityBBA, Finance1978 — 1982
- George Mason University – Costello College of BusinessMasters of Science, Bioscience Management2005 — 2008
Skills & more
LeadershipManagement7Strategy2Board of DirectorsBoard DevelopmentBusiness-to-Business (B2B)Venture Capital43Angel Investing1Capital1Corporate Finance1Entrepreneurship19Corporate Development5
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Business StrategyInvestmentsM&A experienceMergersJoint VenturesMergers & AcquisitionsPrivate EquityPrivate PlacementsStart-upsStrategic PartnershipsEnterprise SoftwareFrom Don's professional profile.
Colleagues at Grotech Ventures
Chuck Cullen
General Partner, COO and CFO at Grotech Ventures
Darren Appanah
Vice President at Grotech Ventures
Julia Taxin
General Partner at Grotech Ventures
Lawson DeVries
Managing General Partner at Grotech Ventures
Meghan Pfeifer
Vice President, Finance at Grotech Ventures
Sharon Gogol
Vice President, Controller at Grotech Ventures
Steve Fredrick
General Partner at Grotech Ventures
Network10
Steve CaseScout
Chairman & CEO of Revolution; co-founder of AOL
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Jean CaseScout
Investor at The Case Foundation
Jeff HinckScout
Managing Director at Rally Ventures Management, Llc
Matt HarrisScout
Investor at Bain Capital Ventures
Chuck Cullen
General Partner, COO and CFO at Grotech Ventures
Darren Appanah
Vice President at Grotech Ventures
David Martirano
Managing Partner at PJC
Julia Taxin
General Partner at Grotech Ventures
Lawson DeVries
Managing General Partner at Grotech Ventures
Steve Fredrick
General Partner at Grotech Ventures
Investors connected to Don in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Don Rainey work?
- Don Rainey is General Partner at Grotech Ventures and Founder at Payzer.
- What check size does Don Rainey write?
- Don Rainey typically writes checks of $500K – $5M.
- What companies did Don Rainey found?
- Don Rainey founded Payzer.
Same school
Also attended James Madison University43
Margot AsmuthExecutive Assistant at RevolutionTom MartinVice President of Finance & Accounting at RevolutionTige SavageCo-founder at RevolutionKevin GasquePartner & Chief Operating Officer at GreycroftDamon PhillipsSenior Vice President of Business Development and Alliances at Riphean InvestmentsWill CoffieldCo-founder and General Partner at Riot Ventures
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Also attended George Mason University – Costello College of Business5
Maria ScottVice President of Finance at RevolutionKristyn JonesFormer Acting Undersecretary, U.S. Air Force at NEW VISTA CAPITALCatalina Rodriguez HohmanChief Financial Officer at NESsTDave BurtonDirector, Finance, Accounting, & IT Operations / Controller at Bezos Earth FundAnne AltmanAdvisory Board at Blue Delta Capital
