Investing Profile

Dalton Caldwell

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Co-Founder and Partner at Standard Capital
daltoncaldwell.comSan Francisco, California
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Current Investing Position
Standard Capital Partner
Investment Range
$150K - $150K
Sweet Spot
$150K
Investments On Record
187

Dalton Caldwell is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Dalton Caldwell's Investments On Record (163)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Crimson
SeedMay 2026$3M
Pre SeedJun 2025$500K
$3.5M
Voker
Pre SeedMay 2026$2M
$2M
Avoca
Series BApr 2026$130M
Series AMay 2025
$130M
Co-investors: Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Jack Altman (Benchmark), Alex Clayton (Meritech Capital Partners), Grace Ge (Menlo Ventures), Jishnu Bhattacharjee (Nexus Venture Partners), Diana Hu (Y Combinator), Leigh Marie Braswell (Kleiner Perkins), Mike Dauber (Amplify Partners)
Insight Health
Series AApr 2026$11M
$16M
Co-investors: Andrea Funsten (Basecamp Fund), Kanyi Maqubela (Kindred Ventures), Soso Sazesh (500 Global)
PointOne
Series AMar 2026$16M
Pre SeedApr 2024$130K
$16M
Risotto
SeedJan 2026$10M
Pre SeedFeb 2024$500K
$11M
Co-investors: Laura Rippy (Alumni Ventures ), Jim Andelman (Bonfire Ventures)
Porter
Series AJan 2026$20M
$340M
Co-investors: Griffin Schroeder (Tiger Global Management), Sasha Mirchandani (Kaedan Capital), Ali Rowghani (Y Combinator), Amish Jani (Self-employed), Paul Palmieri (Grit Capital Partners), Peter Read
Concourse
Series AJan 2026$12M
$12M
Co-investors: Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator)

Dalton Caldwell's Experience

Co-Founder and Partner Standard Capital2025 - Present
Partner Emeritus Y Combinator2025 - Present
Founder/CEO MySpacePresent
Managing Director Y CombinatorPresent
Consultant MySpacePresent
Founder/CEO NewCoPresent
Consultant NewCoPresent
Founder/CEO Top-PatentsPresent
Consultant Top-PatentsPresent
Founder/CEO Self-EmployedPresent
Consultant Self-EmployedPresent
Founder/CEO ImeemPresent
Founder/CEO MinttownPresent
Consultant MinttownPresent
Founder/CEO IT CRUX Mobile Apps SolutionsPresent
Consultant IT CRUX Mobile Apps SolutionsPresent
Founder/CEO Robyn FrankelPresent
Founder/CEO MyspacePresent
Consultant MyspacePresent
Consultant Robyn FrankelPresent
Managing Partner Y Combinator2020 - 2025
Partner Y Combinator2014 - 2025
Part-time Partner Y Combinator2013 - 2014
Founder/CEO App.net2010 - 2014
Founder/CEO imeem, inc.2003 - 2009
Intern VA Software2002 - 2003

Dalton Caldwell's Education

Stanford University B.S. Symbolic Systems