Investing Profile

Paul Buchheit

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Managing Partner at Y Combinator

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Current Investing Position

Y Combinator Managing Partner

Investment Range

$150K - $150K

Sweet Spot

$150K

Investments On Record

180

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Paul Buchheit's Investments On Record (167)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
SiPhox Health	SeedJul 2023$10M	$33M
Co-investors: Srini Ananth (Intel Capital), Chris Sklarin (Alumni Ventures ), Evan Cheng, Bob Lee, Balaji Srinivasan, Vishal Rao
Perplexity	Series AMar 2023$26M	$170M
Co-investors: Cack Wilhelm (IVP), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Nat Friedman (C2 Investment), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Pieter Abbeel (AIX Ventures), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Tobias Lutke, Elad Gil, Yann LeCun, Amjad Masad, Guillermo Rauch, Bob Muglia, Jeff Bezos, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Sonsini, Dylan Field, Balaji Srinivasan
Character.ai	SeedJan 2023$80K	$150M
Co-investors: Sarah Wang (Andreessen Horowitz), Nat Friedman (C2 Investment), Elad Gil
Cityfurnish	Series ANov 2022$3M Series AJun 2019$5M	$8.2M
Co-investors: Kenneth Ballenegger (Oyster Ventures), Steve Chen
Let’s Do This	Series BJun 2022$60M SeedSep 2019$5M	$81M
Co-investors: Pete Flint (NFX), Serena Williams (Serena Ventures), Christopher North (L Catterton Growth), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), Yuri Sagalov (10100), Christian Leybold (Headline (formerly e.ventures)), Ian Hogarth
dNovo Bio	SeedJan 2022$3M	$3M
Co-investors: Niki Pezeshki (Felicis Ventures), Joey Krug (Founders Fund), Nikhita Jaaswal (Soma Capital), Max Kolysh (Alloy Fund), Justin Mateen, Jean Pigozzi
Gotrade	SeedJun 2021$7M	$23M
Co-investors: Florian Reichert (Picus Capital), Remus Brett (LocalGlobe)
Titan	Series AFeb 2021$13M SeedOct 2018$3M	$110M
Co-investors: Irene Au (Khosla Ventures), Katherine Boyle (Andreessen Horowitz), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Anish Acharya (Andreessen Horowitz), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Kevin Durant (Thirty Five Ventures), Matt Mullenweg (Audrey Capital), Henri Deshays (NewFund), Carl Sparks (Interlock Partners), Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capital)), Lee Fixel (Addition), Will Smith (Dreamers VC), Joshua Reeves, Sam Altman, Jared Leto, Brad Bao, Bradley Horowitz, Kevin Weil, Mike Krieger, Adrian Aoun, Odell Beckham Jr.