Investing Profile

Lenny Rachitsky

AngelInvestorVC
Writing, Advising, Investing, Exploring at Self-employed
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Self-employed Network
132 CONNECTIONS
Self Employed Network
113 CONNECTIONS
Airbnb Network
69 CONNECTIONS
Airbnb Network
69 CONNECTIONS
UC San Diego Network
61 CONNECTIONS
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$100K - $10.0M
$1M
80
CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Monogram
SeedJun 2026$40M
$41M
Co-investors: Alexis Ohanian (Curated), Karim Atiyeh
Ploy
SeedJun 2026$27M
$30M
Co-investors: Eoghan McCabe (Spark-Local, Inc), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Adam Cragg (Osney Capital), Charles Delingpole
Pogo
Series UnknownJun 2026
SeedJul 2022$12M
$12M
Co-investors: Louis Beryl (Andreessen Horowitz), Josh Buckley (Buckley Ventures), Jennifer “Jenny" Fleiss (Initialized Capital), Erik Torenberg (Andreessen Horowitz), Sam Lessin (Slow Ventures), Sophia Amoruso (Trust Fund), Vindi Banga (Clayton Dubilier & Rice), Jon Oringer (Shutterstock), Drew Taggart (Mantis VC), Alex Pall (Mantis VC), Alex MacCaw (Earl Grey Capital), Siqi Chen (Laserlike Inc), Harry Stebbings (Stride.VC), Ashley Mayer (Coalition Operators), Manik Gupta (Uber), Scott Belsky (capitalB), Baron Davis, Claire Hughes Johnson, Julian Shapiro, Ryan Tedder, Melissa Tan, George Ruan, Mathilde Collin, Tyler Willis
Viktor
Series AMay 2026$75M
$75M
Co-investors: Zhenya Loginov (Accel), Nat Friedman (C2 Investment), Alex Bouaziz (Sarona Ventures), Max Mullen (Instacart), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Shaan Puri (Shaan's All Access Fund), Harry Stebbings (Stride.VC), Stewart Butterfield, Guillermo Rauch, Charlie Songhurst, Koen Bok, Nico Rosberg
LittleBird
SeedMar 2026$11M
$11M
Co-investors: Russ Heddleston (Self-employed), Scott Belsky (capitalB), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Justin Rosenstein
Crafting
SeedMar 2026$6M
$6M
Co-investors: Merrill Lutsky (Graphite Ventures), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Arash Ferdowsi
Artie
Series AJan 2026$15M
SeedFeb 2024$3M
$65M
Co-investors: Sara Du (Greylock), Niko Bonatsos (General Catalyst), Terrence Rohan (Index Ventures), Matthew Ball (Makers Fund), Ivan Taranenko (UA1 vc), Turner Novak (Banana Capital), Jared Friedman (Israel Defense Forces), Dalton Caldwell (Standard Capital), Jon Oringer (Shutterstock), Scooter Braun (TQ Ventures), Manuel Bronstein (500 Startups Korea), Cameron Winklevoss (Winklevoss Capital), Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Mattia Astori, Arash Ferdowsi
Vybe
SeedDec 2025$10M
$19M
Co-investors: Chris Adelsbach (Black Tip Capital), Sylvain Zimmer (Partech Ventures), Ankur Nagpal (Vibe Capital), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Kevin Weil (OpenAI), Peter Boyce II (Stellation Capital), Ali Partovi (Airbnb, Convoy, Facebook, Uber, Zappos, etc), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital), Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capital)), Taro Fukuyama (SmartHR, Inc.), Jean-Denis Greze (Plaid), Boris Golden (Partech Ventures), Andrew Miklas (S28 Capital), Brian Balfour (Long Journey Ventures), Ron Pragides, Surahbi Gupta, Tien Tzuo, William Levy, Thibaud Elziere, Mathilde Collin, Kelvin Beachum Jr., Shishir Mehrotra
Writing, Advising, Investing, Exploring Self-employed2019 - Present
Angel Investor Self EmployedPresent
Angel Investor Self Employed Present
Angel Investor Self employed Present
Web Developer LA.comPresent
Sr. Manager of Engineering Webmetrics/NeustarPresent
Co-Founder, CEO localmindPresent
Product Lead, Guest Conversion and Host Quality AirbnbPresent
Author, Lenny’s Newsletter and Lenny’s Podcast Lenny's NewsletterPresent
Product Lead, Supply Growth Airbnb2016 - 2019
Co-Founder, CEO Localmind2010 - 2012
Engineer, Head of R&D Webmetrics/Neustar2009 - 2010
Lead Engineer Webmetrics2001 - 2004
UC San Diego BS in Computer Science Engineering
University of California San Diego BS in Computer Science Engineering