Investing Profile

Eric Tarczynski

InvestorVCFounder
Founder + Managing Partner at Contrary
erictarczynski.comSan Francisco, California
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NewCo Network
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Center for Rural Health Leadership Network
432 CONNECTIONS
Center for Rural Health Leadership Network
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IT CRUX Mobile Apps Solutions Network
397 CONNECTIONS
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Contrary Capital Managing Partner
$100K - $2.0M
$1M
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$2.2M
CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Base Power
Series COct 2025$1B
$1.2B
Co-investors: Sebastian Duesterhoeft (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Katherine Boyle (Andreessen Horowitz), Joshua Kushner (Thrive Capital), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), David Yakobovitch (DataPower Ventures), Brad Gerstner (Altimeter Capital), Elad Gil (Think Colorado), Lee Fixel (Addition), Brian Tochman (Trust Ventures), Salen Churi (Trust Ventures)
Leland
Series ANov 2024$12M
SeedMay 2022$4M
Pre SeedOct 2021$1M
$17M
Co-investors: Eurie Kim (Forerunner Ventures), Aaron Skonnard
DualEntry
SeedMay 2024$10M
$100M
Co-investors: Sam Eisler (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Justin Overdorff (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Crystal Huang (GV (Google Ventures)), Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures), Ravi Mhatre (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Kyle Harrison (Contrary Capital), Thomas Cuvelier (none)
Ramp
Series DApr 2024$150M
Series CAug 2021$300M
Series BApr 2021$120M
$2.3B
Co-investors: Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Alex Tran (General Catalyst), Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Kenneth Chenault (General Catalyst), Joshua Kushner (Thrive Capital), Napoleon Ta (Founders Fund), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Samir Kaul (Khosla Ventures), Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures), Kareem Zaki (Thrive Capital), James Ephrati (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Justin Overdorff (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Will Kohler (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), Ravi Gupta (Sequoia Capital), Guillaume Cabane (Sequoia Capital), Bradley Horowitz (Google Ventures), Brandon Reeves (Lux Capital), Deena Shakir (Lux Capital), Josh Wolfe (Lux Capital), Edward Lando (Biowear), Seth Rosenberg (Greylock Partners), Daniel Scott (Susquehanna Capital), Koda Wang (Giant Ventures), Gregg Smith (Evolution VC Partners), Scott Belsky (A24), Teddy Citrin, Chafic Kazoun
Axle Labs
SeedApr 2023$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Wen-Wen Lam (Gradient Ventures)
OneSchema
SeedNov 2022$6M
$12M
Co-investors: Quentin Clark (General Catalyst), Elad Gil (Think Colorado), Dennis Steele, Matt Piccolella, Eric Rea
Maev
Series ASep 2022$10M
SeedDec 2021$9M
Pre SeedJun 2019
$19M
Co-investors: Kate McAndrew (Bolt), Dan Graham (Springdale Ventures), Carle Stenmark (VMG Partners), minju lee (11)
Uprise
Pre SeedJul 2022$1M
$4M
Co-investors: Ron Pragides, Sean Harper
Founder + Managing Partner Contrary2017 - Present
Founder, Managing Partner Contrary2017 - Present
Investor Checkit2016 - Present
Investor NewCo2016 - Present
Investor Sm4rt Predictive Systems2016 - Present
Investor Center for Rural Health Leadership2016 - Present
Investor Various 2016 - Present
Investor Various2016 - Present
Investor IT CRUX Mobile Apps SolutionsPresent
Co-founder & COO IT CRUX Mobile Apps SolutionsPresent
Investor iinnovate - Podcast on entrepreneurship, design, and technologyPresent
Co-founder & COO iinnovate - Podcast on entrepreneurship, design, and technologyPresent
Early Employee | BD Kamcord2014 - 2015
Early Employee Kamcord2014 - 2015
Co-founder & COO NewCo2012 - 2014
Co-founder & COO Sm4rt Predictive Systems2012 - 2014
Co-founder & COO Center for Rural Health Leadership2012 - 2014
Co-founder & COO Checkit2012 - 2014
Intern GAF Materials Corporation2008 - 2008
Intern GAF2008 - 2008