Investing Profile

Garry Tan(3)

VCFounderInvestor

Managing Partner at Initialized Capital

blog.garrytan.comSan Francisco, California

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Stanford University Network

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Y Combinator Network

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Current Investing Position

Initialized Capital Managing Partner

Investment Range

$1M - $4.0M

Sweet Spot

$2.5M

Investments On Record

121

Current Fund Size

$1M

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Garry Tan's Investments On Record (84)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Shelf Engine	Series BMar 2021$41M	$53M
Co-investors: Hans Tung (GGV Capital)
Cohere	Seed RoundMar 2021$3M	$3M
Co-investors: Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Vivek Sodera (Vivek Sodera Ventures)
Rescale	Series CFeb 2021$50M Series BJul 2018$32M Seed RoundApr 2012	$102.4M
Co-investors: Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Ron Conway (SV Angel), Chris Dixon (Andreessen Horowitz), Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures), Raj Sandhu (Great Oaks Venture Capital), Saurabh Sharma (Jump Capital), Michael Jeon (Solasta Ventures), Carl Choi (Solasta Ventures), Jonno Elliott (Virgin Group), Sam Altman, Richard Branson, Karl Jacob, Ashley Flucas, Ratan Singh, Jeff Bezos
Stacker	Seed RoundJan 2021$1.7M	$1.7M €1.2M
Co-investors: Charlie Songhurst
Career Karma	Series ADec 2020$10M	$11.9375M
Co-investors: Kim-Mai Cutler (Initialized Capital), James Joaquin (Obvious Ventures), Brian Dixon (Kapor Capital), Erik Torenberg (Village Global), Caterina Fake (Yes VC), Michael Seibel (Y Combinator), Jewel Burks (Collab Capital), Fern Mandelbaum (Vista Venture Partners), Kevin Lee, Edward Lando, Iman Abuzeid
Berbix	Series AAug 2020$9M Seed RoundJul 2019$2.5M	$11.62M
Co-investors: Patrick Salyer (Mayfield), Tx Zhuo (Fika Ventures), Alexia Bonatsos (Dream Machine), Lenny Rachitsky (AirAngels), Dalton Caldwell (Y Combinator)
Bodyport	Series AAug 2020$11.2M	$11.2M
Rippling	Series BAug 2020$145M Series AApr 2019$45M Seed RoundMar 2017$7M	$197M
Co-investors: Napoleon Ta (Founders Fund), Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), Ben Ling (Bling Capital), Arjun Sethi (Tribe Capital), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Mamoon Hamid (Kleiner Perkins), Dovey Wan (Danhua Capital), Sohail Prasad, Samvit Ramadurgam, Gianni Martire