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
61

Ali Rowghani is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Ali Rowghani's Investments On Record (36)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
PostHog
Series DJun 2025$70M
Series BJun 2021$15M
Series ADec 2020$9M
SeedJun 2020$3M
$97M
Co-investors: Tyson Clark (GV (Google Ventures)), Jason Warner (Redpoint Ventures), Crystal Huang (GV (Google Ventures)), Ramy Adeeb (1984 Ventures)
Operand
SeedMay 2025$3M
$3.5M
Co-investors: Tom Blomfield
Nuvo
Series AApr 2025$34M
$34M
Co-investors: Bryan Schreier (Sequoia Capital), Ryan Petersen (Founders Fund), Eugene Marinelli (Conversion Capital), Matt Macinnis, Max Mullen, Gokul Rajaram
Actively AI
Series AApr 2025$18M
$23M
Co-investors: Ajay Agarwal (Bain Capital Ventures), Lachy Groom (LGF), Frederic Kerrest, Stanley Druckenmiller
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)
Infringements
Pre SeedJun 2023$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Steve Anderson (Baseline Ventures), Brian Shin (VitalStage Ventures), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Rob Go (NextView 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), Jennifer Lum, Scott Belsky, David Chang, Jeff Seibert
Patented.ai
Pre SeedJun 2023$5M
$9M
Co-investors: Steve Anderson (Baseline Ventures), Eric Paley (Founder Collective), 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), Brian Shin (VitalStage Ventures), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Peter Blacklow (Boston Seed Capital), Nicole M. Stata (Boston Seed Capital), Neil Sirni (Arrive), Scott Belsky, Jennifer Lum, Wayne Chang, Jeff Seibert, David Chang