Charles J Read

Operator-investor. Crypto, consumer, AI. 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. i42.com

Rarestone Capital

2020—2024

Pre-seed and seed fund, with incubation lab attached. 80+ investments across crypto infrastructure, consumer technology, and gaming. Now in portfolio management phase. rarestone.capital

Selected investments

Bitcoin Since 2016 Solana Private round crypto, infra solana.com Jito Labs Seed crypto, infra jito.wtf Monad Angel crypto, infra monad.xyz The Grid Seed ai, infra thegrid.ai Spaceform Seed ai, infra spaceform.io FOAD Seed gaming foad.gg Parlour Digital Seed iGaming, infra parlourdigital.com Beezie Seed consumer beezie.com Caffpack Seed consumer coming soon

Contact

charles@rarestone.capital