Investing Profile

Garry Tan(3)

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President & CEO, Y Combinator
blog.garrytan.comSan Francisco, California
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Networks Garry is a member of
Stanford University Network
518 CONNECTIONS
Microsoft Network
153 CONNECTIONS
Y Combinator Network
38 CONNECTIONS
Sun Microsystems Network
24 CONNECTIONS
Palantir Technologies Network
16 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Y Combinator President
Investment Range
$500K - $500K
Sweet Spot
$500K
Investments On Record
257

Garry Tan is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Garry Tan's Investments On Record (190)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Fifth Door
SeedNov 2025$20M
$20M
Co-investors: Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures)
Ember Copilot
SeedNov 2025$4M
Pre SeedDec 2024$500K
$4.5M
Co-investors: Jeff Heitzman (New Stack Ventures), Kulveer Taggar, Sue Xu
Wabi
Pre SeedNov 2025$20M
$20M
Co-investors: Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Shruti Gandhi (Array Ventures), Sarah Guo (Conviction Partners), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Amjad Masad, Akshay Kothari
Crustdata
SeedOct 2025$6M
SeedDec 2024$6M
$12M
Mainflow
Pre SeedSep 2025
Standard Fleet
Series ASep 2025$13M
$20M
Co-investors: Mike Ghaffary (Canvas Ventures), Salil Deshpande (Uncorrelated Ventures)
Stormy
Pre SeedSep 2025$500K
Pre SeedSep 2024$500K
$1M
Kapital
Series CSep 2025$100M
$170M
Co-investors: Scott Sandell (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Arjun Sethi (Tribe Capital), Warrick Shanly (Soma Capital), Taylor Oliver (Tenacity Venture Capital), Ben Narasin (Tenacity Venture Capital), Jeff Rosen (Broom Ventures), Peter Bordes (Trajectory Ventures), Jon Soberg (MS&AD Ventures), Arash Ferdowsi, Helen Liang

Garry Tan's Experience

Cofounder Posthaven.com2013 - Present
Cofounder and Managing Partner Initialized Capital2012 - Present
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