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

179

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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, Vishal Rao, Bob Lee, Balaji Srinivasan
Perplexity	Series AMar 2023$26M	$670M
Co-investors: Cack Wilhelm (IVP), Pieter Abbeel (AIX Ventures), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Joshua Müller (DTCP), Jim Scheinman (Maven Ventures), Sara Thomas Deshpande (Maven Ventures), Nat Friedman (C2 Investment), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Amjad Masad, Shane Neman, Peter Sonsini, Guillermo Rauch, Jeff Bezos, Tobias Lutke, Stanley Druckenmiller, Balaji Srinivasan, Dylan Field, Bob Muglia, Yann LeCun
Character.ai	SeedJan 2023$80K	$150M
Co-investors: Sarah Wang (Andreessen Horowitz), Nat Friedman (C2 Investment)
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), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), Christian Leybold (Headline (formerly e.ventures)), Christopher North (L Catterton Growth), Serena Williams (Serena Ventures), Yuri Sagalov (10100), 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), Jean Pigozzi, Justin Mateen
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), Carl Sparks (Interlock Partners), Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capital)), Lee Fixel (Addition), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Matt Mullenweg (Audrey Capital), Will Smith (Dreamers VC), Kevin Durant (Thirty Five Ventures), Henri Deshays (NewFund), Sam Altman, Brad Bao, Adrian Aoun, Bradley Horowitz, Odell Beckham Jr., Jared Leto, Kevin Weil, Joshua Reeves, Mike Krieger