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Dalton Caldwell

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Managing Director at Y Combinator
daltoncaldwell.comSan Francisco, California
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Current Investing Position
Y Combinator Managing Director
Investment Range
$150K - $150K
Sweet Spot
$150K
Investments On Record
23

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Dalton Caldwell's Investments On Record (21)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Palette
Seed RoundAug 2021$130K
$6.2M
Co-investors: Ajay Agarwal (Bain Capital Ventures), Cyril Ebersweiler (SOSV), Joe Montana (Liquid 2 Ventures), Allison Pickens (The New Normal Fund), Aaron Epstein (Y Combinator), Michael Seibel (Y Combinator), Michael Ma
Serverless Stack
Seed RoundJul 2021$1M
$1M
Maroo
Pre Seed RoundJun 2021$830K
$3.8M
Co-investors: Jacob Poliskin (Darco Capital), Marina Davidova (Davidovs VC), David Adelman (Darco Capital), Bas Godska (Acrobator Ventures), Joachim Laqueur (Acrobator Ventures), Vinoth Jayakumar (Molten Ventures), Aaron Epstein (Y Combinator), Chafic Kazoun, Gabriel Jarrosson, Erdem Yurdanur, Ilya Kondrashov
Moonshot Brands
Series AJun 2021$160M
$160M
Co-investors: Joe Montana (Liquid 2 Ventures), Keisuke Honda (Dreamers VC), Nate Matherson
Fintoc
Seed RoundMar 2021
Co-investors: Harj Taggar (Y Combinator), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator)
QuestBook
Seed RoundMar 2021$1.1M
$9.4M
Co-investors: Arjun Sethi (Tribe Capital), Harj Taggar (Y Combinator)
Bottomless
Series AJan 2021$4.5M
$4.5M
Co-investors: Patrick O'Shaughnessy (Positive Sum VC), Turner Novak (Banana Capital)
Point Card
Series AJul 2020$11M
Seed RoundJan 2019$2M
$13M
Co-investors: Katey Caldwell (Twenty Two Ventures), Pascal Levy-Garboua (Long Journey Ventures), Steve Jang (Kindred Ventures), Michael Seibel (Y Combinator)

Dalton Caldwell's Experience

Managing Director Y Combinator2020 - Present
Partner Y Combinator2014 - Present
Part-time Partner Y Combinator2013 - 2014
Founder/CEO App.net2010 - 2014
Consultant MySpace2009 - 2010
Founder/CEO imeem, inc2003 - 2009
Intern VA Software2002 - 2003