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
60

Ali Rowghani is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Ali Rowghani's Investments On Record (36)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Operand
SeedMay 2025$3M
$3.5M
Co-investors: Tom Blomfield
Nuvo
Series AApr 2025$34M
$34M
Co-investors: Ryan Petersen (Founders Fund), Gokul Rajaram, Max Mullen, Matt Macinnis
Actively AI
Series AApr 2025$18M
$23M
Co-investors: Ajay Agarwal (Bain Capital Ventures), Lachy Groom (LGF), Stanley Druckenmiller, Frederic Kerrest
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)
Patented.ai
Pre SeedJun 2023$5M
$9M
Co-investors: Steve Anderson (Baseline Ventures), Eric Paley (Founder Collective), Philip H. Beauregard (Impellent Ventures), David Brown (Impellent Ventures), 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), Kevin Alvarez-Fung (Predictive VC), Brian Shin (VitalStage Ventures), Peter Blacklow (Boston Seed Capital), Nicole M. Stata (Boston Seed Capital), Neil Sirni (Arrive), Giuseppe Stuto (186 Ventures), Wayne Chang, David Chang, Jennifer Lum, Jeff Seibert, Scott Belsky
Invalidate
Pre SeedJun 2023$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Steve Anderson (Baseline Ventures), Chris Keller (NextGen Venture Partners), Rob Go (NextView Ventures), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), 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), David Chang, Jeff Seibert, Jennifer Lum, Scott Belsky
Reasoner
Pre SeedJun 2023
Co-investors: Eric Paley (Founder Collective), Steve Anderson (Baseline Ventures), 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), Jeff Seibert, Jennifer Lum, David Chang, Scott Belsky