Investing Profile

Garry Tan(3)

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Board Partner & Advisor at Initialized Capital
blog.garrytan.comSan Francisco, California
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Self-Employed Network
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Current Investing Position
Initialized Capital Advisor
Investment Range
$500K - $500K
Sweet Spot
$500K
Investments On Record
314
Current Fund Size
$1M

Garry Tan is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Garry Tan's Investments On Record (244)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
dili
Series AJul 2026$15M
SeedFeb 2024$7M
$26M
Co-investors: Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures), Anji ISMAIL (Leonis Capital)
Monogram
SeedJun 2026$40M
$41M
Co-investors: Pete Flint (NFX), Lenny Rachitsky (Self-employed), Alexis Ohanian (Curated), Othman Laraki, Karim Atiyeh, Charlie Songhurst
Imperfect
Pre SeedJun 2026$500K
$500K
Odyssey
Series BJun 2026$310M
SeedJul 2024$9M
$360M
Co-investors: Anne Lee Skates (Andreessen Horowitz), Nick Grossman (Union Square Ventures), Katherine Boyle (Andreessen Horowitz), Bradley Horowitz (Google Ventures), Jay Zaveri (Social Capital), Benjamin Ling (Bling Capital), Packy McCormick (Not Boring Capital), Lucas Vaz (Ravelin Capital), Katelyn Donnelly (Avalanche VC), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Charlie Pinto (Fundamental Ventures), John Danner (Dunce Capital), Bradley Tusk (Tusk Venture Partners), Kyle Vogt (Cruise Automation, Inc.), Elad Gil (Think Colorado), Sharif Sakr (Breyer Capital), Balder Bomans (Maven 11 Capital), Rick Zullo (Equal Ventures), Jinal Jhaveri (Runa Capital), Guillermo Rauch, Trent McConaghy
Cignara
Pre SeedJun 2026$500K
$500K
Hessian
Pre SeedJun 2026$500K
$500K
FinalDose
Pre SeedJun 2026$500K
$500K
jo
Pre SeedJun 2026$500K
$500K

Garry Tan's Experience

Board Partner & Advisor Initialized Capital2023 - Present
President & CEO Y Combinator2023 - Present
Cofounder Posthaven2013 - Present
Software Engineer Intern HotmailPresent
Software Engineer Intern BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.Present
Software Engineer Intern Robyn FrankelPresent
Software Engineer Intern BHP DevelopmentPresent
Software Engineer Intern Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Software Engineer Intern Self-EmployedPresent
Software Engineer Intern NewCoPresent
Founder Garry's ListPresent
Program Manager Microsoft CorporationPresent
Software Engineer Intern Top-PatentsPresent
Cofounder PosterousPresent
President, CEO, and Group Partner Y CombinatorPresent
Founder & Managing Partner Initialized Capital2012 - 2022
Partner Y Combinator2010 - 2015
Cofounder Posterous.com2008 - 2011
Lead Engineer, Designer Palantir Technologies2005 - 2007
Program Manager Microsoft2003 - 2005
Software Engineer Intern Sun Microsystems2002 - 2003
Software Engineer Intern TheMan.com2000 - 2000
Software Engineer Intern Sapient1998 - 2000

Garry Tan's Education

Stanford University BS Computer Systems Engineering