Investing Profile

Aaron Epstein

VCInvestor
Group Partner at Y Combinator
blog.ycombinator.com/author/a...San Francisco, California
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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
11 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Y Combinator Partner
Investment Range
$150K - $150K
Sweet Spot
$150K
Investments On Record
112

Aaron Epstein is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Aaron Epstein's Investments On Record (103)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
TravoAI
SeedMar 2026
Co-investors: Sahin Boydas (Angel investor)
OpenBuilder
Pre SeedDec 2025$500K
$500K
Rivet
Pre SeedDec 2025$500K
$34M
Co-investors: Croom Beatty (Menlo Ventures), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Adam Goulburn (Dimension Capital), Newth Morris (Ankona Capital), Chad Packard (Pelion Venture Partners), Andreas Klinger (Prototype Capital), Renata Quintini (Renegade Partners), Steven Miller (Origin Ventures), Gale Wilkinson (Vitalize Venture Capital)
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), Ryan Duranso, Susanna Campbell, Emilia Poret, Daniel Pilotti
Primer
Pre SeedDec 2025$500K
$450M
Co-investors: Bradley Horowitz (Google Ventures), Guillaume Cabane (Sequoia Capital), Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures), Katie Haun (Haun Ventures), Samir Kaul (Khosla Ventures), Ryan Petersen (Founders Fund), Lee Fixel (Addition), Zavain Dar (Dimension Capital), Rich Levandov (Avalon Ventures), Kyle Tibbitts (Paradox Capital), Tommy Leep (Jetstream), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Lachy Groom (Physical Intelligence), 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), Roy Luo (ICONIQ Capital), Sonali De Rycker (Accel Partners), Anna Yuan (Firefly Health), Jason Franklin (XStarPartners), minju lee (11), Sam Altman, Julie Zhuo, Young Song, Tobias Lutke, Amjad Masad, Oleg Rogynskyy, David Mytton, Guillaume Lestrade, Tony Xu
Openroll
Pre SeedDec 2025$500K
$500K
Claybird
Pre SeedDec 2025$500K
$500K
Mixy
Pre SeedDec 2025$500K
$500K

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