Harj Taggar Overview
- Investor Type
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Angel
- Status
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Active
- Professionals
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1
- Investments
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45
- Portfolio
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7
- Exits
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36
Harj Taggar General Information
Description
Mr. Harj Taggar serves as Managing Partner at Y Combinator. Mr. Tagger was a Co-Founder and served as Chairman at Triplebyte. Previously, he served as Chief Executive Officer at Triplebyte. He also co-founded and served as Chief Executive Officer at Initialized Capital. He also served as a Partner at Start Fund. He was the first partner brought in at Y-Combinator since its founding. He also co-founded Auctomatic, acquired by Livecurrent Media. He is originally from London. He was previously founder and CEO of Triplebyte (YC S15) and Automatic (YC W07), which was acquired by Live Current Media in 2008. He first joined YC as a partner in 2010, leaving in 2014 to start Triplebyte and rejoining in 2020. He graduated in 2006 from Oxford, where he studied Jurisprudence.
Business Details
Website
harjtaggar.comInvestor Status
Primary Investor Type
Corporate Office
- San Francisco, CA
- United States
Harj Taggar Investments (45)
| Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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| Enki (Educational Software) | 22-Apr-2025 | Equity Crowdfunding | Educational Software | Generating Revenue | ||
| Zeus Living | 15-Oct-2021 | Buildings and Property | Out of Business | |||
| Heap | 18-Aug-2016 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
| Hullabalu | 09-Nov-2015 | Entertainment Software | Generating Revenue | |||
| Rescale | 14-Jul-2015 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
| Rainforest QA | 10-Feb-2015 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
| Framed Data | 11-Dec-2014 | Media and Information Services (B2B) | Startup | |||
| SoundFocus | 19-Feb-2014 | Application Software | Bankruptcy: Liquidation | |||
| BloomThat | 06-Feb-2014 | Seed Round | Social/Platform Software | Generating Revenue | ||
| Spring (Media and Information Services) | 16-Jan-2014 | Early Stage VC | Application Software | Generating Revenue |
Harj Taggar Exits (36)
| Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
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| Heap | 07-Jan-2024 | Merger/Acquisition | |
| Zeus Living | 08-Nov-2023 | ||
| Instacart | 19-Sep-2023 | ||
| Soylent | 15-Feb-2023 | ||
| Spring (Media and Information Services) | 09-Nov-2022 | ||
| Priceonomics | 01-Oct-2021 | ||
| Clever | 06-May-2021 | ||
| Coinbase Global | 14-Apr-2021 | ||
| Zenefits | 18-Mar-2021 | Buyout/LBO | |
| Boosted USA | 17-Apr-2020 | Merger/Acquisition |
Harj Taggar Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Investments by Industry
Investments by Year
Investments by Region
Harj Taggar Co-Investors (10)
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| Initialized Capital Management |
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| Susquehanna International Group |
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Harj Taggar FAQs
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Who is Harj Taggar?
Harj Taggar is an angel Investor who has made 45 investments.
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What kind of investor is Harj Taggar?
Harj Taggar is an angel investor.
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What does Harj Taggar do?
As an angel investor, Harj Taggar invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.
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What has Harj Taggar invested in?
Harj Taggar has made numerous investments in companies like Enki (Educational Software), Zeus Living, and Heap within the Educational Software, Buildings and Property, and Business/Productivity Software industries.
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What has Harj Taggar invested in recently?
Harj Taggar's latest investment was on 22-Apr-2025 in Enki (Educational Software), a company within the Educational Software industry.
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