Investing Profile

Eric Tarczynski

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Founder, Managing Partner at Contrary

erictarczynski.comSan Francisco, California

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NewCo Network

1599 CONNECTIONS

NewCo Network

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Center for Rural Health Leadership Network

432 CONNECTIONS

Center for Rural Health Leadership Network

432 CONNECTIONS

IT CRUX Mobile Apps Solutions Network

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Current Investing Position

Contrary Capital Managing Partner

Investment Range

$100K - $2.0M

Sweet Spot

$1M

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$2.2M

Eric Tarczynski is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Enterprise (Series A)Consumer Internet (Seed)San Francisco Bay Area Consumer Internet (Series A)Enterprise (Seed)

Eric Tarczynski's Investments On Record (25)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Base Power	Series COct 2025$1B	$2.2B
Co-investors: Sebastian Duesterhoeft (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Joshua Kushner (Thrive Capital), Katherine Boyle (Andreessen Horowitz), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Lee Fixel (Addition), Brad Gerstner (Altimeter Capital), Elad Gil (Think Colorado), David Yakobovitch (DataPower Ventures), 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: Justin Overdorff (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures), Sam Eisler (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Crystal Huang (GV (Google Ventures)), Kyle Harrison (Contrary Capital), Thomas Cuvelier (none), Ravi Mhatre (Anthropic)
Ramp	Series DApr 2024$150M Series CAug 2021$300M Series BApr 2021$120M	$3.2B
Co-investors: Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures), Kareem Zaki (Thrive Capital), Ravi Gupta (Sequoia Capital), Alex Tran (General Catalyst), Kenneth Chenault (General Catalyst), James Ephrati (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Justin Overdorff (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Guillaume Cabane (Sequoia Capital), Bradley Horowitz (Google Ventures), Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Joshua Kushner (Thrive Capital), Napoleon Ta (Founders Fund), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Samir Kaul (Khosla Ventures), Talia Goldberg (Bessemer Venture Partners), Brian Feinstein (Bessemer Venture Partners), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), Brandon Reeves (Lux Capital), Deena Shakir (Lux Capital), Josh Wolfe (Lux Capital), Will Kohler (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Gregg Smith (Evolution VC Partners), Daniel Scott (Susquehanna Capital), Seth Rosenberg (Greylock Partners), Scott Belsky (capitalB), Edward Lando (Biowear), Koda Wang (Giant Ventures), 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, Eric Rea, Matt Piccolella
Maev	Series ASep 2022$10M SeedDec 2021$9M Pre SeedJun 2019	$19M
Co-investors: Dan Graham (Springdale Ventures), Carle Stenmark (VMG Partners), minju lee (Various Companies), Kate McAndrew (Bolt)
Uprise	Pre SeedJul 2022$1M	$4M
Co-investors: Ron Pragides, Sean Harper

Eric Tarczynski's Experience

Founder, Managing Partner Contrary2017 - Present

Founder + Managing Partner Contrary2017 - Present

Investor Center for Rural Health Leadership2016 - Present

Investor Sm4rt Predictive Systems2016 - Present

Investor NewCo2016 - Present

Investor Checkit2016 - Present

Investor Various2016 - Present

Investor Various 2016 - Present

Investor variousPresent

Investor Office of US Senator Daniel Patrick MoynihanPresent

Investor Robyn FrankelPresent

Investor ruby labsPresent

Co-founder & COO Office of US Senator Daniel Patrick MoynihanPresent

Co-founder & COO Robyn FrankelPresent

Co-founder & COO ruby labsPresent

Co-founder & COO iinnovate - Podcast on entrepreneurship, design, and technologyPresent

Investor iinnovate - Podcast on entrepreneurship, design, and technologyPresent

Co-founder & COO IT CRUX Mobile Apps SolutionsPresent

Investor IT CRUX Mobile Apps SolutionsPresent

Early Employee | BD Kamcord2014 - 2015

Early Employee Kamcord2014 - 2015

Co-founder & COO Center for Rural Health Leadership2012 - 2014

Co-founder & COO Sm4rt Predictive Systems2012 - 2014

Co-founder & COO NewCo2012 - 2014

Co-founder & COO Checkit2012 - 2014

Intern GAF2008 - 2008

Intern GAF Materials Corporation2008 - 2008

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