Investing Profile

Aaron Epstein

VCInvestor
Group Partner at Y Combinator
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Networks Aaron is a member of
Y Combinator Network
63 CONNECTIONS
Y Combinator Network
63 CONNECTIONS
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business Network
13 CONNECTIONS
Autodesk Network
12 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Y Combinator Partner
Investment Range
$150K - $150K
Sweet Spot
$150K
Investments On Record
116

Aaron Epstein is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Aaron Epstein's Investments On Record (106)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Upstream
Pre SeedJun 2026$3M
Pre SeedAug 2023$500K
$19M
Co-investors: Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Roxanne Varza (Atomico), Koen Bok, Jean Charles Samuelian, Charles Gorintin, Mauro Pretolani
Drafted
SeedMay 2026$16M
$18M
Co-investors: Josh Buckley (Buckley Ventures), Evan Moore (Khosla Ventures), Jack Altman (Benchmark), Bill Clerico (Convective Capital), Kevin Mahaffey (Lookout), Ryan Tedder, Patrick Collison, Charlie Songhurst, Ben Silbermann
Manicule
Pre SeedMar 2026$500K
$500K
TravoAI
SeedMar 2026
Co-investors: Sahin Boydas (Angel investor)
OpenBuilder
Pre SeedDec 2025$500K
$500K
Primer
Pre SeedDec 2025$500K
$450M
Co-investors: Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures), Samir Kaul (Khosla Ventures), Ryan Petersen (Founders Fund), Bradley Horowitz (Google Ventures), Katie Haun (Haun Ventures), Guillaume Cabane (Sequoia Capital), Rich Levandov (Avalon Ventures), Lee Fixel (Addition), Zavain Dar (Dimension Capital), Kyle Tibbitts (Paradox Capital), Tommy Leep (Jetstream), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Lachy Groom (Physical Intelligence), Sonali De Rycker (Accel Partners), Roy Luo (ICONIQ Capital), Kiha Lee (Primer Sazze Partners), Mike Marg (Craft Ventures), Zach Klein (Dropout), Brian Murray (Craft Ventures), Peter Tague (US Innovative Technology), Omar El-Ayat (Euclid Ventures), Jason Franklin (XStarPartners), minju lee (11), Anna Yuan (Firefly Health), Sam Altman, Julie Zhuo, Tony Xu, Tobias Lutke, Amjad Masad, Young Song, David Mytton, Guillaume Lestrade, Oleg Rogynskyy
Rivet
Pre SeedDec 2025$500K
$34M
Co-investors: Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Croom Beatty (Menlo Ventures), Steven Miller (Origin Ventures), Gale Wilkinson (Vitalize Venture Capital), Chad Packard (Pelion Venture Partners), Adam Goulburn (Dimension Capital), Newth Morris (Ankona Capital), Andreas Klinger (Prototype Capital), Renata Quintini (Renegade Partners)
Mantle
Pre SeedDec 2025$500K
$74M
Co-investors: Mark Fernandes (Sierra Ventures), Matthew Caspari (Alumni Ventures ), Steve Vassallo (Foundation Capital), Tom Fleming (Venrex), Sophia Bendz (Atomico), Tony Fadell (Future Shape), Shyam Kamadolli (Fine Structure Ventures), Gokul Rajaram (Top-Patents), Emilia Poret, Daniel Pilotti, Ryan Duranso, Susanna Campbell

Aaron Epstein's Experience

Group Partner Y Combinator2020 - Present
Visiting Partner Y Combinator2018 - 2020
Co-Founder Creative Market2012 - 2018
Director, Marketplace Autodesk2014 - 2017
Co-Founder COLOURlovers2009 - 2014
Founder ColorSchemer2000 - 2014

Aaron Epstein's Education

University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business Bachelor of Science (BS) Business, Entrepreneurship