Investing Profile

Jared Friedman

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Group Partner at Y Combinator
blog.ycombinator.com/author/j...San Francisco Bay Area
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Networks Jared is a member of
Harvard University Network
258 CONNECTIONS
Y Combinator Network
37 CONNECTIONS
Bridgewater Associates Network
12 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Y Combinator Partner
Investment Range
$150K - $150K
Sweet Spot
$150K
Investments On Record
152

Jared Friedman is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Jared Friedman's Investments On Record (134)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Cline
Series AJul 2025$27M
$27M
Co-investors: Yazan El-Baba (Emergence Capital), Charles Zedlewski
Rocketable
SeedJul 2025$7M
$14M
Co-investors: Joe Magyer (Seaplane Ventures)
Interfere
Pre SeedJul 2025$2M
$2M
Co-investors: Sumeet Singh (Andreessen Horowitz), Terrence Rohan (Otherwise Fund)
Blacksmith
SeedMay 2025$4M
Pre SeedApr 2024$500K
$4.5M
Co-investors: Erik Nordlander (GV (Google Ventures)), Spencer Kimball
Browser Use
Pre SeedMar 2025$500K
$18M
Co-investors: Astasia Myers (Felicis Ventures), Sara Du (Greylock), Terrence Rohan (Otherwise Fund), Abhishek Sharma (Nexus Venture Partners), Paul Graham
Tally
SeedMar 2025
$180M
Co-investors: Angela Strange (Andreessen Horowitz), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), Nicholas Chirls (Asylum Ventures), Mamoon Hamid (Kleiner Perkins), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), Rex Salisbury (Cambrian Ventures), Collin West (Ensemble VC), Peter Pan (1k(x)), Sean Flynn, Ken Denman
emojis.com
Pre SeedMar 2025$500K
$500K
Co-investors: Ryan Merket (Comal Ventures)
Weave
Pre SeedMar 2025$500K
$130M
Co-investors: Joe Montana (Liquid 2 Ventures), Darian Shirazi (Gradient Ventures), Wei Guo (UpHonest Capital), Eugene Zhang (TSVC Capital), David Silverman (Crosslink Capital), Geoff Ralston (Y Combinator), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Blake Modersitzki (Pelion Venture Partners), Ronny Conway (A Capital), John Mayfield (Album VC), Daniel Curran (Curran Rosschou Venture Capital), Ed Roman (Hack VC), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures), Ronny Conway, Dmitry Dakhnovsky

Jared Friedman's Experience

Group Partner Y Combinator2015 - Present
Angel Investor Various Startups2007 - 2015
Co-Founder and CTO Scribd2005 - 2015
Summer Associate Bridgewater Associates2005 - 2015
Member of the Technical Staff Cycorp2004 - 2004

Jared Friedman's Education

Harvard University A.B.
Horace Mann