Investing Profile

Eric Tarczynski

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Founder, Managing Partner at Contrary

erictarczynski.comSan Francisco, California

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Current Investing Position

Contrary Capital Managing Partner

Investment Range

$100K - $2.0M

Sweet Spot

$1M

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$2.2M

Eric Tarczynski is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Eric Tarczynski's Investments On Record (25)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total 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), Brad Gerstner (Altimeter Capital), Lee Fixel (Addition), Brian Tochman (Trust Ventures), Salen Churi (Trust Ventures), 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, Garrett Wolfe
Entry Inc.	SeedMay 2024$10M	$100M
Co-investors: Thomas Cuvelier (none), Kyle Harrison (Contrary Capital), Justin Overdorff (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout)
Ramp	Series DApr 2024$150M Series CAug 2021$300M Series BApr 2021$120M	$3B
Co-investors: Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures), Samir Kaul (Khosla Ventures), Alex Tran (General Catalyst), Bradley Horowitz (Google Ventures), Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Kenneth Chenault (General Catalyst), Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Joshua Kushner (Thrive Capital), Napoleon Ta (Founders Fund), Kareem Zaki (Thrive Capital), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), Ravi Gupta (Sequoia Capital), Talia Goldberg (Bessemer Venture Partners), Brian Feinstein (Bessemer Venture Partners), Brandon Reeves (Lux Capital), Deena Shakir (Lux Capital), Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Teddy Citrin (Greycroft), Will Kohler (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Peter Thiel (The Founders Fund), James Ephrati (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Justin Overdorff (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Gregg Smith (Evolution VC Partners), Guillaume Cabane (HyperGrowth Partners), Josh Wolfe (Lux Research), Chafic Kazoun (Self-employed), Koda Wang (Giant Ventures), Scott Belsky (A24), Seth Rosenberg (Greylock Partners), Daniel Scott (Unknown Ventures)
Axle Labs	SeedApr 2023$4M	$22M
Co-investors: Wen-Wen Lam (Gradient Ventures), Adeyemi Ajao (Base10 (Base10 Partners) )
OneSchema	SeedNov 2022$6M	$12M
Co-investors: Quentin Clark (General Catalyst), Elad Gil (Think Colorado), Matt Piccolella (Dorm Room Fund), Dennis Steele, 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 (Stealth Company (Minju L.))
Uprise	Pre SeedJul 2022$1M	$4M
Co-investors: Ron Pragides (GTMFund), Sean Harper

Eric Tarczynski's Experience

Founder, Managing Partner Contrary2017 - Present

Founder + Managing Partner Contrary2017 - Present

Investor Checkit2016 - Present

Investor Center for Rural Health Leadership2016 - Present

Investor Sm4rt Predictive Systems2016 - Present

Investor NewCo2016 - 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

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