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
509 CONNECTIONS
Microsoft Network
152 CONNECTIONS
Y Combinator Network
37 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
201

Garry Tan is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Garry Tan's Investments On Record (144)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Odyssey
SeedJul 2024$9M
$77M
Co-investors: Katherine Boyle (Andreessen Horowitz), Nick Grossman (Union Square Ventures), Anne Lee Skates (Andreessen Horowitz), Charlie Pinto (Bling Capital), Benjamin Ling (Bling Capital), Katelyn Donnelly (Avalanche VC), Bradley Tusk (Tusk Venture Partners), Anne Dwane (Village Global), John Danner (Dunce Capital), Lucas Vaz (Ravelin Capital), Tim Kopp (Hyde Park Venture Partners), Michael Lazerow (Lazerow Ventures), Rick Zullo (Equal Ventures), Packy McCormick (Not Boring Capital), Balder Bomans (Maven 11 Capital), Jinal Jhaveri (Runa Capital), Sharif Sakr (BR Capital), Seth Corder (High Alpha), Scott Dorsey (High Alpha), Elad Gil, Trent McConaghy, Kyle Vogt, Guillermo Rauch
Created by Humans
SeedJun 2024$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Mike Maples (Floodgate), Jason Calacanis (LAUNCH), David Sacks (Craft Ventures)
bem
SeedJun 2024$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Andy McLoughlin (Uncork Capital), Kevin Mahaffey (SNR)
Rainmaker Technology
SeedMay 2024$6M
$6M
Co-investors: Balaji Srinivasan
Perplexity AI
Series UnknownApr 2024$63M
$170M
Co-investors: Cack Wilhelm (IVP), Nat Friedman (C2 Investment), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Pieter Abbeel (AIX Ventures), Ana Levine (E1 Ventures), Tobias Lutke, Elad Gil, Yann LeCun, Jeff Bezos, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Sonsini, Balaji Srinivasan, Amjad Masad, Bob Muglia, Dylan Field, Guillermo Rauch
Ellipsis
SeedApr 2024$2M
$2.5M
Co-investors: Gustaf Alströmer (Y Combinator), Brad Flora (Y Combinator), Dalton Caldwell (Y Combinator), David Lieb
Double
Pre SeedApr 2024$500K
$13M
Co-investors: Luke Skertich (FJ Labs), Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Dan Teran (Gutter Capital), Stephen Schmalhofer (Teamworthy Ventures), Phil Nadel (Forefront Venture Partners), Matt Turk (Goodwater Capital), Willy Braun (exe), Rand Hindi, Michael Birch
Precip
Pre SeedApr 2024$500K
$500K

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