Investing Profile

Aaron Epstein

VCInvestor
Group Partner at Y Combinator
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Networks Aaron is a member of
Y Combinator Network
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Y Combinator Network
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University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business Network
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Current Investing Position
Y Combinator Partner
Investment Range
$150K - $150K
Sweet Spot
$150K
Investments On Record
71

Aaron Epstein is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Aaron Epstein's Investments On Record (66)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Theseus
SeedApr 2025$4M
Pre SeedSep 2024$500K
$4.5M
careCycle
SeedApr 2025$2M
$2M
Bindwell
Pre SeedMar 2025$500K
$500K
Co-investors: Ryan Merket (Comal Ventures)
Lucid
Pre SeedMar 2025$500K
$7.9M
Co-investors: Neal Sáles-Griffin (MATH Venture Partners), Magnus Grimeland (Antler), Jon Kaiden (Baleon Capital), Chun Xia (TSVC Capital), Eugene Zhang (TSVC Capital)
Scout
Pre SeedMar 2025$500K
$8M
Co-investors: Eric Rubenstein (New Climate Ventures), Paul McNabb (Episode 1 Ventures), Simon Murdoch (Episode 1 Ventures), David Schwab (Vertical Venture Partners), Sarah Leary (Unusual Ventures), Jason Calacanis (LAUNCH)
Splash
Pre SeedMar 2025$500K
$42M
Co-investors: David Tisch (BoxGroup), Nihal Mehta (ENIAC Ventures), Jens Hilgers (BITKRAFT Ventures), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), Kevin Colleran (Slow Ventures), Andrew Boszhardt (Great Oaks Venture Capital), Mo Koyfman (Shine Capital), Jason Finger (The Finger Group), Jos White (Notion Capital), Sean Seton-Rogers (Pro Founders Capital), Ryan Hoover (Weekend Fund), Carine Magescas (AngelPad), Thomas Korte (AngelPad), Eben Pagan, Ben Lin, Scott Belsky
Instinct
SeedMar 2025
Rally
Pre SeedMar 2025$500K
$95M
Co-investors: Mike Maples (Floodgate), Alexis Ohanian (Seven Seven Six), Ryan Sweeney (Accel), Josh Buckley (Buckley Ventures), Jillian Williams (Cowboy Ventures), Seth Berman (Susa Ventures), Tom Brown (Nyca Partners), Nasir Jones (QueensBridge Venture Partners), Greg Bettinelli (TCG (The Chernin Group)), Howard Lindzon (Social Leverage), Habib Haddad (E14 Fund), John Occhipinti (Relay Ventures), Peter Boboff (Transmedia Capital), Chris Redlitz (Transmedia Capital), Joseph Pizzolato (Felix Capital), Ron Rofe (Rainfall Ventures), Hyun Koo (March Capital), Rodrigo Ocejo (Avalancha Ventures), Lorenzo Garza (Avalancha Ventures), Ariel Poler (Human Augmentation Syndicate), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Michael Birch, Eric Ries, Josh Spear, Sean Park, Sahin Boydas, John Fontein, Andrew Bialecki, Nico Rosberg

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