Investing Profile

Aaron Epstein

VCInvestor
Group Partner at Y Combinator
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Networks Aaron is a member of
Y Combinator Network
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Y Combinator Network
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University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business Network
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Current Investing Position
Y Combinator Partner
Investment Range
$150K - $150K
Sweet Spot
$150K
Investments On Record
72

Aaron Epstein is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Aaron Epstein's Investments On Record (67)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Theseus
SeedApr 2025$4M
Pre SeedSep 2024$500K
$4.5M
careCycle
SeedApr 2025$2M
$2M
Bindwell
Pre SeedMar 2025$500K
$500K
Co-investors: Ryan Merket (Comal Ventures)
Lucid
Pre SeedMar 2025$500K
$7.9M
Co-investors: Neal Sáles-Griffin (MATH Venture Partners), Magnus Grimeland (Antler), Jon Kaiden (Baleon Capital), Eugene Zhang (TSVC Capital), Chun Xia (TSVC Capital)
Scout
Pre SeedMar 2025$500K
$8M
Co-investors: Jason Calacanis (LAUNCH), Eric Rubenstein (New Climate Ventures), Paul McNabb (Episode 1 Ventures), Simon Murdoch (Episode 1 Ventures), David Schwab (Vertical Venture Partners), Sarah Leary (Unusual Ventures)
Splash
Pre SeedMar 2025$500K
$42M
Co-investors: Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Nihal Mehta (ENIAC Ventures), Jens Hilgers (BITKRAFT Ventures), Kevin Colleran (Slow Ventures), Sam Lessin (Slow Ventures), Andrew Boszhardt (Great Oaks Venture Capital), Mo Koyfman (Shine Capital), Jason Finger (The Finger Group), Jos White (Notion Capital), Sean Seton-Rogers (Pro Founders Capital), Ryan Hoover (Weekend Fund), Carine Magescas (AngelPad), Thomas Korte (AngelPad), Ben Lin, Scott Belsky, Eben Pagan
Instinct
SeedMar 2025
Rally
Pre SeedMar 2025$500K
$95M
Co-investors: Mike Maples (Floodgate), Alexis Ohanian (Seven Seven Six), Ryan Sweeney (Accel), Seth Berman (Susa Ventures), Josh Buckley (Buckley Ventures), Jillian Williams (Cowboy Ventures), Tom Brown (Nyca Partners), Greg Bettinelli (TCG (The Chernin Group)), Peter Boboff (Transmedia Capital), Ariel Poler (Human Augmentation Syndicate), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Habib Haddad (E14 Fund), John Occhipinti (Relay Ventures), Ron Rofe (Rainfall Ventures), Joseph Pizzolato (Felix Capital), Hyun Koo (March Capital), Howard Lindzon (Social Leverage), Nasir Jones (QueensBridge Venture Partners), Rodrigo Ocejo (Avalancha Ventures), Lorenzo Garza (Avalancha Ventures), Chris Redlitz (Transmedia Capital), Josh Spear, Eric Ries, Michael Birch, Sean Park, Sahin Boydas, John Fontein, Nico Rosberg, Andrew Bialecki

Aaron Epstein's Experience

Group Partner Y Combinator2020 - Present
Visiting Partner Y Combinator2018 - 2020
Co-Founder Creative Market2012 - 2018
Director, Marketplace Autodesk2014 - 2017
Co-Founder COLOURlovers2009 - 2014
Founder ColorSchemer2000 - 2014

Aaron Epstein's Education

University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business Bachelor of Science (BS) Business, Entrepreneurship