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
519 CONNECTIONS
Microsoft Network
152 CONNECTIONS
Y Combinator Network
37 CONNECTIONS
Sun Microsystems Network
24 CONNECTIONS
Palantir Technologies Network
17 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Y Combinator President
Investment Range
$500K - $500K
Sweet Spot
$500K
Investments On Record
1

Garry Tan is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Garry Tan's Investments On Record (1)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Color
Series AApr 2015$15M
$410M
Co-investors: Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Jerry Yang (AME Cloud Ventures), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Katie Stanton (Moxxie Ventures), Ling Wong (Highbury Group), Raymond Tonsing (Caffeinated Capital), Max Levchin (Scifi Vc), Ruchi Sanghvi (South Park Commons), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Steve Jang (Kindred Ventures), Chloe Sladden (#ANGELS (Hashtag ANGELS)), Jerry Yang (Hardware Club), Mariam Naficy (Heretic Ventures), April Underwood (Adverb Ventures), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), Ben Davenport, Paul Hewson (Bono), Julia Hartz, Drew Houston, Aaron Levie

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