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Rafael Garcia

InvestorFounder

Investor at Clever Capital · CTO at KERNEL · CTO at Clever · Founder at Kernel

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

FoundedClever · YCKernelKERNEL · YC

30 Under 30 2014 · Education

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About

Rafael Garcia is co-founder and CTO of Kernel, a browser infrastructure company. He previously co-founded and served as CTO at Clever, an edtech platform that exited in 2012.

CTO at KERNELYC S25

Intro paths

YC

Rafael went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Tyler Bosmeny, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran KERNEL's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Rafael can intro founders to KERNEL's investors below.

KERNEL's investors · 7

AccelPalo Alto · $500K – $100M checksACE & CompanyGenevaCintrifuse CapitalCincinnati · $250K – $500K checksJetstreamSan FranciscoRefinery VentureCincinnati · $1M – $2M checksSV AngelSan Francisco · $150K – $20M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at KERNEL

CJCatherine Jue
Catherine JueCEO

CTO at CleverYC S12

Intro paths

YC

Rafael went through Y Combinator (Summer 2012) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Rafael can intro founders to Clever's investors below.

Clever's investors · 18

Bessemer Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $50K – $100M checksEmerson Collective InvestingPalo Alto · $100K – $1M checksFloodgateMenlo Park · $500K – $5M checksGSV VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checksGV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checksHomebrewBurlingame · $100K – $500K checksImagine K12Initialized CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checksKapor CapitalOakland · $100K – $1M checksLightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1M – $5M checksSequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $100K – $50M checksSound VenturesSanta MonicaStreamlined VenturesPalo Alto · $100K – $1M checksSV AngelSan Francisco · $150K – $20M checksUlu VenturesPalo Alto · $2M checksUncork CapitalSan Francisco · $3M – $5M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2012Zero Index

Co-founders at Clever

DCDan Carroll
Dan CarrollCPO
TBTyler Bosmeny
Tyler BosmenyCEO
TB
Tyler BosmeyFounder

Founder at Kernel

Intro paths

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In turn, Rafael can intro founders to Kernel's investors below.

Kernel's investors · 8

AccelPalo Alto · $500K – $100M checksCintrifuse CapitalCincinnati · $250K – $500K checksGaingelsNew York · $200K – $500K checksGeneral CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checksKinnevikStockholmManta Ray VenturesLondonNewfund CapitalParis · $250K – $2M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks

Co-founders at Kernel

BJBryan Johnson
Bryan JohnsonFounder
CJCatherine Jue
Catherine JueFounder
CJ
Catherine Jue Rafael GarciaFounder

Colleagues at Clever Capital

Bianca Rusu
Investor at Clever Capital

Frequently asked questions

Who is Rafael Garcia?
Rafael Garcia is co-founder and CTO of Kernel, a browser infrastructure company. He previously co-founded and served as CTO at Clever, an edtech platform that exited in 2012.
Where does Rafael Garcia work?
Rafael Garcia is CTO of Clever and at Clever Capital and CTO at KERNEL and Founder at Kernel.
What companies did Rafael Garcia found?
Rafael Garcia founded Clever, Kernel, KERNEL.

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