Investing Profile

Eric Tarczynski

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Founder, Managing Partner at Contrary
erictarczynski.comSan Francisco, California
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Networks Eric is a member of
NewCo Network
1600 CONNECTIONS
NewCo Network
1600 CONNECTIONS
Center for Rural Health Leadership Network
432 CONNECTIONS
Center for Rural Health Leadership Network
432 CONNECTIONS
IT CRUX Mobile Apps Solutions Network
397 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Contrary Capital Managing Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $2.0M
Sweet Spot
$1M
Investments On Record
41
Current Fund Size
$2.2M

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Eric Tarczynski's Investments On Record (25)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Base Power
Series COct 2025$1B
$2.2B
Co-investors: Sebastian Duesterhoeft (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Joshua Kushner (Thrive Capital), Katherine Boyle (Andreessen Horowitz), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Lee Fixel (Addition), Brian Tochman (Trust Ventures), Salen Churi (Trust Ventures), Brad Gerstner (Altimeter Capital), Elad Gil (Think Colorado), David Yakobovitch (DataPower Ventures)
Leland
Series ANov 2024$12M
SeedMay 2022$4M
Pre SeedOct 2021$1M
$17M
Co-investors: Eurie Kim (Forerunner Ventures), Aaron Skonnard
DualEntry
SeedMay 2024$10M
$100M
Co-investors: Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures), Crystal Huang (GV (Google Ventures)), Justin Overdorff (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Sam Eisler (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Ravi Mhatre (Anthropic), Kyle Harrison (Contrary Capital), Thomas Cuvelier (none)
Ramp
Series DApr 2024$150M
Series CAug 2021$300M
Series BApr 2021$120M
$3B
Co-investors: Justin Overdorff (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Kenneth Chenault (General Catalyst), Kareem Zaki (Thrive Capital), Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures), Ravi Gupta (Sequoia Capital), Alex Tran (General Catalyst), James Ephrati (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Joshua Kushner (Thrive Capital), Guillaume Cabane (Sequoia Capital), Bradley Horowitz (Google Ventures), Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Napoleon Ta (Founders Fund), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Samir Kaul (Khosla Ventures), Talia Goldberg (Bessemer Venture Partners), Brian Feinstein (Bessemer Venture Partners), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), Brandon Reeves (Lux Capital), Josh Wolfe (Lux Capital), Deena Shakir (Lux Capital), Will Kohler (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Gregg Smith (Evolution VC Partners), Koda Wang (Giant Ventures), Edward Lando (Biowear), Scott Belsky (capitalB), Seth Rosenberg (Greylock Partners), Daniel Scott (Susquehanna Capital), Teddy Citrin, Chafic Kazoun
Axle Labs
SeedApr 2023$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Wen-Wen Lam (Gradient Ventures)
OneSchema
SeedNov 2022$6M
$12M
Co-investors: Quentin Clark (General Catalyst), Elad Gil (Think Colorado), Dennis Steele, Matt Piccolella, Eric Rea
Maev
Series ASep 2022$10M
SeedDec 2021$9M
Pre SeedJun 2019
$19M
Co-investors: Kate McAndrew (Bolt), Dan Graham (Springdale Ventures), Carle Stenmark (VMG Partners), minju lee (Various Companies)
Uprise
Pre SeedJul 2022$1M
$4M
Co-investors: Sean Harper, Ron Pragides

Eric Tarczynski's Experience

Founder, Managing Partner Contrary2017 - Present
Founder + Managing Partner Contrary2017 - Present
Investor Center for Rural Health Leadership2016 - Present
Investor Sm4rt Predictive Systems2016 - Present
Investor NewCo2016 - Present
Investor Checkit2016 - Present
Investor Various2016 - Present
Investor Various 2016 - Present
Investor variousPresent
Investor Office of US Senator Daniel Patrick MoynihanPresent
Investor Robyn FrankelPresent
Investor ruby labsPresent
Co-founder & COO Office of US Senator Daniel Patrick MoynihanPresent
Co-founder & COO Robyn FrankelPresent
Co-founder & COO ruby labsPresent
Co-founder & COO iinnovate - Podcast on entrepreneurship, design, and technologyPresent
Investor iinnovate - Podcast on entrepreneurship, design, and technologyPresent
Co-founder & COO IT CRUX Mobile Apps SolutionsPresent
Investor IT CRUX Mobile Apps SolutionsPresent
Early Employee | BD Kamcord2014 - 2015
Early Employee Kamcord2014 - 2015
Co-founder & COO Center for Rural Health Leadership2012 - 2014
Co-founder & COO Sm4rt Predictive Systems2012 - 2014
Co-founder & COO NewCo2012 - 2014
Co-founder & COO Checkit2012 - 2014
Intern GAF2008 - 2008
Intern GAF Materials Corporation2008 - 2008