Charles J Read

Investor and operator in consumer technology. Founded Rarestone Capital and i42. Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe, Finance (2023). Dubai · Lisbon · London.

Investing since 2016, angel investing since 2018, backing technical founders full-time since 2020. Full-cycle fund experience through Rarestone; now deploying personal capital and building v1 products through i42.

i42

2025—

Product studio building world-class v1 products, production-ready in under a month. Founder-led design, engineering, and product. Recent builds: Nunchi.trade, Portl.

Rarestone Capital

2020—2024

Pre-seed and seed fund. 80+ investments across consumer technology and crypto infrastructure. Now in portfolio-management phase.

Selected investments

Bitcoin Since 2016 L1 Solana Private round L1 Monad Angel L1 Jito Labs Seed Infra The Grid Seed Consumer Parlour Digital Seed Consumer Beezie Seed Consumer FOAD Seed Consumer Caffpack Seed Consumer

Full portfolio available on request.

Contact

charles@rarestone.capital