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NATE RAABE
CO-FOUNDER / MANAGING PARTNER
RX3 GROWTH PARTNERS
REBECCA RAABE
INVESTMENT PARTNER
SPRIG EQUITY
WHY: Power couple in PE investments. Nate Raabe co-founded San Juan Capistranobased RX3 Growth Partners, with investments from professional athletes invests in growth-stage consumer brands. Has raised more than $200M. Byron Roth, owner of largest investment bank with HQ in Orange County, and Aaron Rodgers, the famous NFL QB, are also on board as co-founders and partners. Rebecca Raabe, spent more than 15 years in the medical device industry, including managing Abbott Ventures’ equity investments. Rebecca co-founded and is an investment partner at SPRIG Equity, a medical technology venture capital firm. Couple has three children.
IN THE NEWS: RX3 Growth Partners hosted a flag football tournament in Mission Viejo in March and raised $3.5M for charities. Several NFL quarterbacks played in the tournament, including Rodgers, Sam Darnold, Carson Palmer and Josh Allen. SPRIG Equity announced earlier this year it closed on its first equity fund, with $50M of assets under management. The firm has already invested in a medical device company assisting patients with chronic autoimmune conditions and a technology firm working on stroke prevention.
NOTABLE: Nate Raabe was awarded a Business Journal Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award in 2024 for his role in cofounding RX3 Growth Partners. One of the firm’s most successful investments was Orgain Inc., the Irvine-based protein drink maker that’s grown to a valuation of about $3B. SPRIG Equity earlier this year announced it partnered with Pi-Cardia, an Israel-based medical device company, on developing nonimplantbased valve treatments.
IN THEIR OWN WORDS: “My wife is always there to support me.” — Nate Raabe “At 21, I could tell there was something different about Nate. He was confident, motivated and a dreamer. I’m the one who pulls him down. He’s always reaching for the stars. Of everyone in the world, I’d bet on him.” — Rebecca Raabe