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Garry Tan is the CEO of Y Combinator and a founder of Initialized Capital. He is also known for his involvement in San Francisco politics, supporting pro-growth and anti-crime causes.
Garry Tan is the leader of the renowned startup accelerator Y Combinator since 2023. He is also a cofounder of Initialized Capital and an early backer of Instacart, Flexport and Coinbase.
Garry Tan is the leader of Y Combinator, a prestigious startup accelerator that funds hundreds of companies per year. He is also a prolific angel investor, a former Stanford student and researcher, and a co-founder of several successful ventures.
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Aug 29, 2022 · Garry Tan, who co-founded Initialized Capital and invested in Coinbase, is coming back to Y Combinator, the accelerator that inspired him. He talks about his vision, goals and challenges for the institution that has funded over 3,000 companies.
Hi, I'm Garry Tan. I live in San Francisco. Find me on Farcaster @garrytan or Mastodon https://sigmoid.social/@garrytan. I am President and CEO of Y Combinator. I was a partner there from 2011 to 2015. I started a venture capital fund called Initialized Capital.
Garry works closely with the portfolio as partner and founder of Initialized. Prior to founding Initialized, he was a designer and engineer. He was a partner at Y Combinator and was the cofounder of blog platform Posterous (acquired by Twitter in 2012).
Apr 14, 2021 · Initialized’s $300,000 combined seed-stage check into Coinbase translated to a stake of 0.66% of the cryptocurrency exchange at the time of its public offering, the firm confirmed to Forbes ...
