Investing Profile

Ali Rowghani

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Managing Partner at YCombinator

blog.ycombinator.com/author/a...San Francisco, California

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Current Investing Position

Y Combinator Managing Partner

Investment Range

$150K - $150K

Sweet Spot

$150K

Investments On Record

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Ali Rowghani's Investments On Record (31)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Applied Labs AI	SeedJan 2025$4M	$4M
Co-investors: Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), Guillermo Rauch
Zip	Series DOct 2024$190M Series CMay 2023$100M Series BMay 2022$43M	$360M
Co-investors: Anna Khan (CRV), Daniel Rumennik (AirAngels), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Jay Simons (Bond), John Curtius (Cedar Capital Group)
Patented.ai	Pre SeedJun 2023$5M	$9M
Co-investors: Eric Paley (Founder Collective), Steve Anderson (Baseline Ventures), Brian Shin (VitalStage Ventures), Peter Blacklow (Boston Seed Capital), Nicole M. Stata (Boston Seed Capital), Neil Sirni (Arrive), Giuseppe Stuto (186 Ventures), Philip H. Beauregard (Impellent Ventures), David Brown (Impellent Ventures), Kevin Alvarez-Fung (Predictive VC), Jeff Fagnan (Accomplice VC), Mallun Yen (Operator Collective), Chris Keller (NextGen Venture Partners), Rob Go (NextView Ventures), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Wayne Chang, David Chang, Jeff Seibert, Jennifer Lum, Scott Belsky
Infringements	Pre SeedJun 2023$4M	$4M
Co-investors: Steve Anderson (Baseline Ventures), Brian Shin (VitalStage Ventures), Nicole M. Stata (Boston Seed Capital), Neil Sirni (Arrive), Giuseppe Stuto (186 Ventures), Philip H. Beauregard (Impellent Ventures), David Brown (Impellent Ventures), Kevin Alvarez-Fung (Predictive VC), Jeff Fagnan (Accomplice VC), Mallun Yen (Operator Collective), Chris Keller (NextGen Venture Partners), Rob Go (NextView Ventures), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), David Chang, Jeff Seibert, Jennifer Lum, Scott Belsky
Reasoner	Pre SeedJun 2023
Co-investors: Eric Paley (Founder Collective), Steve Anderson (Baseline Ventures), Mallun Yen (Operator Collective), Jeff Fagnan (Accomplice VC), Kevin Alvarez-Fung (Predictive VC), David Brown (Impellent Ventures), Philip H. Beauregard (Impellent Ventures), Giuseppe Stuto (186 Ventures), Neil Sirni (Arrive), Peter Blacklow (Boston Seed Capital), Nicole M. Stata (Boston Seed Capital), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Brian Shin (VitalStage Ventures), Rob Go (NextView Ventures), Chris Keller (NextGen Venture Partners), Jennifer Lum, David Chang, Scott Belsky, Jeff Seibert
Invalidate	Pre SeedJun 2023$4M	$4M
Co-investors: Steve Anderson (Baseline Ventures), Brian Shin (VitalStage Ventures), Nicole M. Stata (Boston Seed Capital), Neil Sirni (Arrive), Giuseppe Stuto (186 Ventures), Philip H. Beauregard (Impellent Ventures), David Brown (Impellent Ventures), Kevin Alvarez-Fung (Predictive VC), Jeff Fagnan (Accomplice VC), Mallun Yen (Operator Collective), Chris Keller (NextGen Venture Partners), Rob Go (NextView Ventures), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), David Chang, Jeff Seibert, Jennifer Lum, Scott Belsky
Svix	Series UnknownFeb 2023$8M	$11M
Co-investors: Martin Casado (Andreessen Horowitz), Matt Bornstein (Andreessen Horowitz), Jason Warner (Redpoint Ventures), Aaron Rosenson (Aleph VC), Andrew Miklas (S28 Capital), Yuri Sagalov (10100), Kevin Mahaffey (SNR), Holly Dunlap (HDC Ventures), Anu Hariharan (Y Combinator)
Copilot	Series AJan 2023$10M	$16M
Co-investors: Mike Miller (Liquid 2 Ventures), Nico Wittenborn (Adjacent), Billy Draper (Path Ventures), Jared Friedman (Y Combinator), Ran Makavy, Karine Hsu, Michael Ma, AJ Frank, Charley M