Investing Profile

Eric Tarczynski

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Founder, Managing Partner at Contrary
erictarczynski.comSan Francisco, California
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Networks Eric is a member of
NewCo Network
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NewCo Network
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Katapult Accelerator Network
1377 CONNECTIONS
Katapult Accelerator Network
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Robyn Frankel Network
466 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Contrary Capital Managing Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $2.0M
Sweet Spot
$1M
Investments On Record
40
Current Fund Size
$2.2M

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Eric Tarczynski's Investments On Record (25)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Base Power
Series COct 2025$1B
$2.2B
Co-investors: Katherine Boyle (Andreessen Horowitz), Sebastian Duesterhoeft (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Joshua Kushner (Thrive Capital), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), David Yakobovitch (DataPower Ventures), Brad Gerstner (Altimeter Capital), Lee Fixel (Addition), Brian Tochman (Trust Ventures), Salen Churi (Trust Ventures), Elad Gil (Think Colorado)
Leland
Series ANov 2024$12M
SeedMay 2022$4M
Pre SeedOct 2021$1M
$17M
Co-investors: Eurie Kim (Forerunner Ventures), Aaron Skonnard, Garrett Wolfe
Entry Inc.
SeedMay 2024$10M
$100M
Co-investors: Kyle Harrison (Contrary Capital), Sam Eisler (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Justin Overdorff (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Thomas Cuvelier (none)
Ramp
Series DApr 2024$150M
Series CAug 2021$300M
Series BApr 2021$120M
$3B
Co-investors: Alex Tran (General Catalyst), Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Kenneth Chenault (General Catalyst), Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures), Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Joshua Kushner (Thrive Capital), Napoleon Ta (Founders Fund), Samir Kaul (Khosla Ventures), Kareem Zaki (Thrive Capital), Bradley Horowitz (Google Ventures), Ravi Gupta (Sequoia Capital), 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), Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Chafic Kazoun (Self-employed), Koda Wang (Giant Ventures), Justin Overdorff (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Scott Belsky (A24), James Ephrati (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Peter Thiel (The Founders Fund), Teddy Citrin (Greycroft), Seth Rosenberg (Greylock Partners), Daniel Scott (Unknown Ventures), Will Kohler (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Guillaume Cabane (HyperGrowth Partners), Gregg Smith (Evolution VC Partners)
Axle Labs
SeedApr 2023$4M
$22M
Co-investors: Wen-Wen Lam (Gradient Ventures), Adeyemi Ajao (Base10 (Base10 Partners) )
OneSchema
SeedNov 2022$6M
$12M
Co-investors: Quentin Clark (General Catalyst), Elad Gil (Think Colorado), Matt Piccolella (Dorm Room Fund), Dennis Steele, 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 (Stealth Company (Minju L.))
Uprise
Pre SeedJul 2022$1M
$4M
Co-investors: Ron Pragides (GTMFund), Sean Harper

Eric Tarczynski's Experience

Founder, Managing Partner Contrary2017 - Present
Founder + Managing Partner Contrary2017 - Present
Investor Checkit2016 - Present
Investor Center for Rural Health Leadership2016 - Present
Investor Sm4rt Predictive Systems2016 - Present
Investor NewCo2016 - Present
Investor Various2016 - Present
Investor Various 2016 - Present
Investor HowcastPresent
Investor Katapult AcceleratorPresent
Co-founder & COO HowcastPresent
Co-founder & COO Katapult AcceleratorPresent
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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