Garry Tan Overview
- Investor Type
- Angel
- Status
- Active
- Professionals
- 1
- Investments
- 113
- Portfolio
- 55
- Exits
- 53
Garry Tan General Information
Description
Mr. Garry Tan is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Initialized Capital. He serves as a Board Member at Bodyport and Tagstand. He serves as Partner at Y Combinator. He is part of the board on various startups including Privacy Labs. He also serves as 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. 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 is also an angel investor. He received Bachelor of Science from Stanford University.
Contact Information
Year Founded
1981
Investor Status
Actively Seeking New Investments
Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
Primary Office
- San Francisco, CA
- United States
Garry Tan Investments (113)
| Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Messari | 13-Nov-2019 | Seed Round | 000 | Database Software | Generating Revenue | 00000 000 |
| 0000000 00 | 22-Oct-2019 | 0000 00000 | 0000 | Entertainment Software | Generating Revenue | 00000 000 |
| 000000 0000 | 01-Feb-2019 | 000000 00000 | 00.000 | Information Services (B2C) | Generating Revenue | 00000 000 |
| 000000 | 31-Dec-2018 | 00000 00000 | 000 | Other Financial Services | Generating Revenue | 00000 000 |
| 000000 00000000 | 25-Apr-2018 | 00000 00000 | 000.00 | Financial Software | Generating Revenue | 00000 000 |
| 00000000000 | 10-Apr-2018 | 0000 00000 | 00.00 | Financial Software | Generating Revenue | 00000 000 |
| 00000000 | 11-Jan-2018 | 00000 00000 | 000.00 | Home Furnishings | Generating Revenue | 00000 000 |
| 000000 | 07-Nov-2017 | 00000 00000 | 000 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue/Not Profitable | 00000 000 |
| CircuitHub | 14-Jun-2017 | Seed Round | 00.000 | Multimedia and Design Software | Generating Revenue | 00000 000 |
| Upcall | 17-Mar-2017 | Seed Round | Communication Software | Generating Revenue | 00000 000 |
Garry Tan Exits (53)
| Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boosted USA | 17-Apr-2020 | Merger/Acquisition | |
| 0000000 | 10-Mar-2020 | 000000 00 000000 | |
| 000 000 | 21-Nov-2019 | 000000000000000000 | |
| 000000000 | 20-Aug-2019 | 000000000000000000 | |
| 0000000000 | 14-Aug-2019 | 000000000000000000 | |
| 000000 | 01-Jul-2019 | 000 00 00000000 | |
| 000000000 | 01-Jun-2019 | 000 00 00000000 | |
| 0000 | 15-Feb-2019 | 000000000000000000 | 0000 |
| Meta | 12-Jan-2019 | Out of Business | |
| Craft Coffee | 01-Jan-2019 | Merger/Acquisition |
Garry Tan Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Investments by Industry
Investments by Year
Investments by Region
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| Name | Title | Deals | Funds | Boards | Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garry Tan | Angel Investor | 000 | 0 | 0 | San Francisco, CA |
Garry Tan Co-Investors (164)
| Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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| Alexis Ohanian | 8 | 0 | 0 |
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| Initialized Capital Management | 0 | 0 |
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| Y Combinator | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Kevin Moore | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Kima Ventures | 0 | 0 |
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