Garry Tan Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Status
  • Active

  • Professionals
  • 1

Professionals

  • Investments
  • 145

  • Portfolio
  • 59

  • Exits
  • 81

Exits

Garry Tan General Information

Description

Mr. Garry Tan is the Founder & serves as a Board Partner at Initialized Capital Management. Mr. Tan serves as President & Chief Executive Officer at Y Combinator. He is an Angel Investor. He served as a Board Member at Truepill and Zeus Living. He serves as a Board Member at Safeheron. He was a Co-Founder and serves as a Partner at Initialized Capital. He serves as a Board Member at TigerEye Labs. He also served as a Board Member at Mezmo. He served as a Board Member at Trunk, Helm, Triplebyte, and Simple Healthkit. He serves as a Board Member at Standard Cognition, Career Karma, Bodyport, and Tagstand. He served as a Partner at Y Combinator. He served as an Advisor at Bitaccess & MixRank. He served as a Board Member at Formic He was part of the board of various startups including Privacy Labs. He also served as a Board Member at Salus Labs and True Link Financial. Previously, he was the Co-Founder of Posterous, which was funded by Y Combinator in 2008 and acquired by Twitter in 2012. He served as an Advisor at Summon (Automotive). Before that, he was employee #10 at Palantir, where he was a founding member of the engineering team for Palantir Finance and also designed Palantir's logo. He also served as Strategic Advisor at UniCareer. He received a Bachelor of Science from Stanford University.

Business Details

Year Founded
1981
Investor Status
Actively Seeking New Investments
Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
Corporate Office
  • San Francisco, CA
  • United States

Garry Tan Investments & Acquisitions (145)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
NewLimit 06-May-2025 Early Stage VC Biotechnology Startup
Rainmaker (Environmental Services) 05-May-2025 Environmental Services (B2B) Generating Revenue
NewLimit 07-Jan-2025 Biotechnology Startup
Weave Robotics 20-Oct-2024 Other Hardware Product Development
Odyssey (San Francisco) 09-Jul-2024 Multimedia and Design Software Startup
Created by Humans 25-Jun-2024 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Bem 06-Jun-2024 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Perplexity 25-Mar-2024 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Foundation Health 11-Mar-2024 Early Stage VC Other Healthcare Services Generating Revenue
Black Forest Labs 01-Feb-2024 Seed Round Multimedia and Design Software Generating Revenue

Garry Tan Exits (81)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size
Her Dating 01-Apr-2025 Merger/Acquisition
Priime 01-Sep-2024
Beeper (Social/Platform Software) 01-Apr-2024
Heap 07-Jan-2024
Debuild 01-Nov-2023
Instacart 19-Sep-2023
Mode (Media and Information Services (B2B)) 19-Jul-2023
RealCrowd 20-Apr-2023
Soylent 15-Feb-2023 Merger/Acquisition
Campaign (Home Furnishings) 11-Feb-2023 Out of Business

Garry Tan Investments by Industry, Year, and Region

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Garry Tan Co-Investors (316)

Name With Exits Lead Partner Series Industry
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Garry Tan FAQs

  • Who is Garry Tan?

    Garry Tan is an angel Investor who has made 145 investments.

  • What kind of investor is Garry Tan?

    Garry Tan is an angel investor.

  • What does Garry Tan do?

    As an angel investor, Garry Tan invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.

  • How many board seats does Garry Tan hold?

    Garry Tan holds a board seat in Safeheron.

  • What has Garry Tan invested in?

    Garry Tan has made numerous investments in companies like NewLimit, Rainmaker (Environmental Services), and Weave Robotics within the Biotechnology, Environmental Services (B2B), and Hardware industries.

  • What has Garry Tan invested in recently?

    Garry Tan's latest investment was on 06-May-2025 in NewLimit, a company within the Biotechnology industry.

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