Garry Tan
Initialized is an early-stage venture capital firm in San Francisco, founded by Y Combinator partners including Garry Tan. It became standalone in 2016, focusing on pre-seed and seed investments.
What Garry can write
Initialized Capital writes $1M to $10M checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.
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- Y Combinator · partner
- Initialized · current president and CEONow
- Palantir
- Posterous
- Initialized Capital · Founder & Board PartnerNow
- Y Combinator · President and CEO
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Who is Garry Tan?
Initialized is an early-stage venture capital firm in San Francisco, founded by Y Combinator partners including Garry Tan. It became standalone in 2016, focusing on pre-seed and seed investments.
How much does Garry Tan invest?
Garry Tan invests through Initialized Capital, which writes checks of $1M to $10M at seed.
How do I pitch Garry Tan?
Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Garry in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Initialized Capital backed works better.
What did Garry Tan do before Initialized Capital?
partner at Y Combinator; Palantir; Posterous; President and CEO at Y Combinator.
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