Investing Profile

Garry Tan(3)

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President & CEO, Y Combinator
blog.garrytan.comSan Francisco, California
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Networks Garry is a member of
Stanford University Network
518 CONNECTIONS
Microsoft Network
153 CONNECTIONS
Y Combinator Network
38 CONNECTIONS
Sun Microsystems Network
24 CONNECTIONS
Palantir Technologies Network
16 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Y Combinator President
Investment Range
$500K - $500K
Sweet Spot
$500K
Investments On Record
253

Garry Tan is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Garry Tan's Investments On Record (188)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Mainflow
Pre SeedSep 2025
Standard Fleet
Series ASep 2025$13M
$20M
Co-investors: Mike Ghaffary (Canvas Ventures), Salil Deshpande (Uncorrelated Ventures)
Stormy
Pre SeedSep 2025$500K
Pre SeedSep 2024$500K
$1M
Kapital
Series CSep 2025$100M
$170M
Co-investors: Scott Sandell (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Arjun Sethi (Tribe Capital), Rob Adams (Alumni Ventures ), Taylor Oliver (Tenacity Venture Capital), Ben Narasin (Tenacity Venture Capital), Jeff Rosen (Broom Ventures), Peter Bordes (Trajectory Ventures), Jon Soberg (MS&AD Ventures), Warrick Shanly (Soma Capital), Arash Ferdowsi, Helen Liang
Flick.art
Pre SeedAug 2025$500K
$500K
Theta Software
SeedJun 2025
Outset
Series AJun 2025$17M
SeedOct 2023$4M
Pre SeedJun 2023$450K
$21M
Co-investors: Jack Moshkovich (8VC), Liz Wessel (First Round Capital), Lachy Groom (LGF), Jessica Verrilli (Adverb Ventures), April Underwood (Adverb Ventures), Harj Taggar (Y Combinator), Jack Altman (Alt Capital), Ben Taft (Ben Taft's Genius Ventures), Ryan Hoover (Weekend Fund), Chris Howard (Fuel Capital), Jake Jolis (Matrix), J Zac Stein (Craft Ventures), Daniel Kan, Nate Matherson, Guillaume Luccisano
Aviro
Pre SeedJun 2025$500K
$500K

Garry Tan's Experience

Cofounder Posthaven.com2013 - Present
Cofounder and Managing Partner Initialized Capital2012 - Present
Partner Y Combinator2010 - 2015
Cofounder Posterous.com2008 - 2011
Lead Engineer, Designer Palantir Technologies2005 - 2007
Program Manager Microsoft2003 - 2005
Software Engineer Intern Sun Microsystems2002 - 2003
Software Engineer Intern TheMan.com2000 - 2000
Software Engineer Intern Sapient1998 - 2000

Garry Tan's Education

Stanford University BS Computer Systems Engineering