Investing Profile

Garry Tan(3)

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President & CEO at Y Combinator
blog.garrytan.comSan Francisco, California
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Networks Garry is a member of
NewCo Network
1599 CONNECTIONS
Top-Patents Network
1033 CONNECTIONS
Stanford University Network
925 CONNECTIONS
Self-Employed Network
495 CONNECTIONS
BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P. Network
432 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Y Combinator President
Investment Range
$500K - $500K
Sweet Spot
$500K
Investments On Record
311

Garry Tan is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Garry Tan's Investments On Record (242)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Imperfect
Pre SeedJun 2026$500K
$500K
Odyssey
Series BJun 2026$310M
SeedJul 2024$9M
$390M
Co-investors: Katherine Boyle (Andreessen Horowitz), Anne Lee Skates (Andreessen Horowitz), Bradley Horowitz (Google Ventures), Nick Grossman (Union Square Ventures), Jay Zaveri (Social Capital), Benjamin Ling (Bling Capital), Michael Lazerow (Lazerow Ventures), Jinal Jhaveri (Runa 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), Elad Gil (Think Colorado), Kyle Vogt (Cruise Automation, Inc.), Sharif Sakr (Breyer Capital), Balder Bomans (Maven 11 Capital), Rick Zullo (Equal Ventures), Tim Kopp (Hyde Park Venture Partners), Guillermo Rauch, Trent McConaghy
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Pre SeedJun 2026$500K
$500K
Hessian
Pre SeedJun 2026$500K
$500K
Cignara
Pre SeedJun 2026$500K
$500K
FinalDose
Pre SeedJun 2026$500K
$500K
Silmaril
Pre SeedJun 2026$500K
$500K
9 Mothers
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 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