Investing Profile

Jared Friedman

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Group Partner at Y Combinator

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Harvard University Network

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Y Combinator Network

37 CONNECTIONS

Bridgewater Associates Network

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Current Investing Position

Y Combinator Partner

Investment Range

$150K - $150K

Sweet Spot

$150K

Investments On Record

156

Jared Friedman is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Jared Friedman's Investments On Record (134)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Oway	SeedAug 2025$4M Pre SeedSep 2024$500K	$4.5M
Co-investors: Yuri Sagalov (10100), Chris Howard (Fuel Capital), Aneel Ranadive (Soma Capital), Kulveer Taggar
Garage	Series AAug 2025$14M Pre SeedApr 2024$500K	$15M
Co-investors: Mario Ruiz (Infinity Ventures)
Eight Sleep	Series DAug 2025$100M Series CNov 2019$40M Series BMar 2018$14M Series AJan 2017$5M SeedMar 2016$6M	$250M
Co-investors: Trae Stephens (Founders Fund), Ryan Petersen (Founders Fund), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Igor Ryabenkiy (Altair Capital Management), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Jesse Robbins (Heavybit), Sophia Amoruso (Trust Fund), Jason Calacanis (LAUNCH), Alex Rodriguez (Vision/Capital/People (VCP)), Ankur Nagpal (Vibe Capital), Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capital)), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures), Patrick O'Shaughnessy (Positive Sum VC), Geoffrey Woo (Anti fund), Shawn Dimantha (Angel investor), Avlok Kohli (AngelList), Todd Goldberg (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Chris Moreno (Infinite Niches), Niv Dror (Shrug Capital), James Murphy (Proton Enterprises), Alexander Piskunov (KAAN Ventures), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Kal Vepuri (Brainchild), Sahin Boydas, Kevin Hart, Kyle Vogt, Anthony Pompliano, Dan Romero, Matthew Dellavedova, Karim Atiyeh, Sahil Lavingia, Moshe Lifschitz, Babak Nivi, Scott Belsky, Marcy Simon
Casca	Series AAug 2025$29M Pre SeedFeb 2024$4M	$37M
Co-investors: Ilana Stern (Peterson Ventures), Tobias Lutke
Cline	Series AJul 2025$27M	$27M
Co-investors: Yazan El-Baba (Emergence Capital), Charles Zedlewski
Interfere	Pre SeedJul 2025$2M	$2M
Co-investors: Sumeet Singh (Andreessen Horowitz), Terrence Rohan (Otherwise Fund)
Rocketable	SeedJul 2025$7M	$14M
Co-investors: Joe Magyer (Seaplane Ventures)
Blacksmith	SeedMay 2025$4M Pre SeedApr 2024$500K	$4.5M
Co-investors: Erik Nordlander (GV (Google Ventures)), Spencer Kimball