Investing Profile

Ali Rowghani

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Managing Partner at YCombinator

blog.ycombinator.com/author/a...San Francisco, California

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Current Investing Position

Y Combinator Managing Partner

Investment Range

$150K - $150K

Sweet Spot

$150K

Investments On Record

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Ali Rowghani's Investments On Record (34)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Actively AI	Series AApr 2025$18M	$23M
Co-investors: Ajay Agarwal (Bain Capital Ventures), Lachy Groom (LGF), Frederic Kerrest, Stanley Druckenmiller
Applied Labs AI	SeedJan 2025$4M	$4M
Co-investors: Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), Guillermo Rauch
Zip	Series DOct 2024$190M Series CMay 2023$100M Series BMay 2022$43M	$360M
Co-investors: Anna Khan (CRV), Daniel Rumennik (AirAngels), Jay Simons (Bond), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), John Curtius (Cedar Capital Group)
Invalidate	Pre SeedJun 2023$4M	$4M
Co-investors: Steve Anderson (Baseline Ventures), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Mallun Yen (Operator Collective), Chris Keller (NextGen Venture Partners), Rob Go (NextView Ventures), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Brian Shin (VitalStage Ventures), Nicole M. Stata (Boston Seed Capital), Neil Sirni (Arrive), Giuseppe Stuto (186 Ventures), Philip H. Beauregard (Impellent Ventures), David Brown (Impellent Ventures), Kevin Alvarez-Fung (Predictive VC), Jeff Fagnan (Accomplice VC), Jeff Seibert, Jennifer Lum, David Chang, Scott Belsky
Reasoner	Pre SeedJun 2023
Co-investors: Steve Anderson (Baseline Ventures), Eric Paley (Founder Collective), Chris Keller (NextGen Venture Partners), Rob Go (NextView Ventures), Brian Shin (VitalStage Ventures), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Nicole M. Stata (Boston Seed Capital), Peter Blacklow (Boston Seed Capital), Neil Sirni (Arrive), Giuseppe Stuto (186 Ventures), Philip H. Beauregard (Impellent Ventures), David Brown (Impellent Ventures), Kevin Alvarez-Fung (Predictive VC), Jeff Fagnan (Accomplice VC), Mallun Yen (Operator Collective), Scott Belsky, Jennifer Lum, Jeff Seibert, David Chang
Patented.ai	Pre SeedJun 2023$5M	$9M
Co-investors: Steve Anderson (Baseline Ventures), Eric Paley (Founder Collective), Peter Blacklow (Boston Seed Capital), Nicole M. Stata (Boston Seed Capital), Neil Sirni (Arrive), Giuseppe Stuto (186 Ventures), Philip H. Beauregard (Impellent Ventures), David Brown (Impellent Ventures), Kevin Alvarez-Fung (Predictive VC), Jeff Fagnan (Accomplice VC), Mallun Yen (Operator Collective), Chris Keller (NextGen Venture Partners), Rob Go (NextView Ventures), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Brian Shin (VitalStage Ventures), Scott Belsky, Jennifer Lum, Jeff Seibert, David Chang, Wayne Chang
Infringements	Pre SeedJun 2023$4M	$4M
Co-investors: Steve Anderson (Baseline Ventures), Brian Shin (VitalStage Ventures), Nicole M. Stata (Boston Seed Capital), Neil Sirni (Arrive), Giuseppe Stuto (186 Ventures), Philip H. Beauregard (Impellent Ventures), David Brown (Impellent Ventures), Kevin Alvarez-Fung (Predictive VC), Jeff Fagnan (Accomplice VC), Mallun Yen (Operator Collective), Chris Keller (NextGen Venture Partners), Rob Go (NextView Ventures), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), David Chang, Jeff Seibert, Jennifer Lum, Scott Belsky
Svix	Series UnknownFeb 2023$8M	$11M
Co-investors: Jason Warner (Redpoint Ventures), Matt Bornstein (Andreessen Horowitz), Martin Casado (Andreessen Horowitz), Aaron Rosenson (Aleph VC), Andrew Miklas (S28 Capital), Yuri Sagalov (10100), Kevin Mahaffey (SNR), Holly Dunlap (HDC Ventures), Anu Hariharan (Y Combinator)