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Individual Investor

Garry Tan

Overview

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Number of Portfolio Companies 89
Number of Exits 
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  • Primary Job Title President & CEO
  • Primary Organization 
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    Y Combinator
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Garry Tan is the President & CEO of Y Combinator. He previously worked at Posterous.com as Cofounder. Garry attended Stanford University, where he took a BS in Computer Systems Engineering.

Personal Investments

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Number of Investments 94
Garry Tan has made 94 investments. Their latest investment was Series A - Modus on
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Partner Investments

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Number of Partner Investments 202
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Totalis
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Y Combinator
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Autonomous Technologies Group
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Y Combinator
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Outset
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Redapto
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Hypercubic
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Y Combinator
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Exits

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    Virool Virool is a programmatic video marketing platform that helps brands engage audiences with targeted, native video placements.
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    VaycayHero VaycayHero is a safest and easiest way to rent vacation homes.
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    URX URX drives mobile commerce through relevant product ads.
  • Tilt Logo
    Tilt Tilt allows users to pool funds for objectives in a simple, social, and frictionless way online.
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    Swiftype Swiftype is a provider of SaaS-based site and enterprise search platform used to fully customize the search experience on websites.
  • SpoonRocket Logo
    SpoonRocket SpoonRocket is a next-gen, ultra fast delivery platform that delivers high quality tasty meals to customers in 15 minutes or less.
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    Socialcam SocialCam is a mobile app for Android and the iPhone that allows users to capture, edit, share and view videos online.
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    SendHub SendHub is a business messaging platform enabling SMS campaigns, automation, and customer communication management tools
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    Privy Privy provides infrastructure for building on crypto rails, allowing for secure wallet creation and onchain integrations.
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    Parse Parse offers cloud-based software developer kits that enable users to create apps for desktop, mobile, and embedded devices.

Jobs

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Number of Current Jobs 3
Number of Past Jobs 6
Garry Tan has 3 current jobs including President & CEO at Y Combinator, Co-founder at Posthaven, and Software Engineer Intern at Publicis Sapient. Additionally, Garry Tan has had 6 past jobs including Founder and Managing Partner at Initialized Capital.
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Founder and Managing PartnerJan 1, 2012Dec 31, 2022
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PartnerJan 14, 2011Nov 1, 2015
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Co-FounderJun 1, 20082011
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Palantir Technologies
Lead Engineer & DesignerSep 2005Oct 2007
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Microsoft
Program Manager, Windows MobileJul 2003Sep 2005
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Sun Microsystems
Software Engineer InternJun 2002Jan 2003

Board and Advisor Roles

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Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 10
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 2
Garry Tan holds 10 board and advisor roles including Investor at Career Karma, Board Member at Helm, and Advisor at Fond.
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Related Hubs

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University of Leeds Alumni Founded Companies Logo
University of Leeds Alumni Founded Companies
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71
United States Companies With Less Than $1B in Revenue (Top 10K) Logo
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Cleveland State University Alumni Founded Companies Logo
Cleveland State University Alumni Founded Companies
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Siena College Alumni Founded Companies Logo
Siena College Alumni Founded Companies
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Education

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Garry Tan studied at Stanford University.

Events

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Number of Events 10
Garry Tan has participated in 10 events. They most recently attended, or will attend, TechCrunch Disrupt 2020 on Sep 14, 2020.

Recent News and Activity

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Number of News Articles 288
News•Apr 10, 2026
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Funding Round•Apr 7, 2026
Modus raised
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Funding Round•Feb 11, 2026
Monaco raised
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from Alt Capital and 9 other investors
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Funding Round•Feb 10, 2026
Entire raised
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from Basis Set Ventures and 13 other investors
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Funding Round•Dec 10, 2025
Oboe raised
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from Adam D’Angelo and 11 other investors
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Funding Round•Nov 26, 2025
Fifth Door raised
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from Daft Capital and 5 other investors
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Funding Round•Nov 5, 2025
Wabi raised
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from Akshay Kothari and 19 other investors
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Funding Round•Sep 10, 2025
Standard Fleet raised
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from Apoorv Bhargava and 12 other investors
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Funding Round•May 6, 2025
NewLimit raised
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from Brian Armstrong and 15 other investors
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Funding Round•May 5, 2025
Rainmaker Technology raised
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