Tyler Carrico

Tyler Carrico

Managing Partner atThayer VenturesSan Francisco

Tyler Carrico is Managing Partner at Thayer Ventures, focusing on investments and deployment strategy. He joined in 2017 and co-founded the Derive fund strategy in 2022.

What Tyler can write

Writes checks of$500K to $10M
Comes in atPre-seed, Seed, Series AMostly follows a lead
Best routeA warm introAsk a founder in their portfolio.

Thayer Ventures writes $500K to $10M checks, larger than 71% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. BoA Merril Lynch · investment banking professional
  2. Thayer Ventures · Managing Partner
    Now
  3. Thayer Ventures
    Now
  4. Derive Ventures · founder
  5. Thayer Investment Partners · Managing Partner
    Now

Companies founded

Derive Ventures

Focus

investmentsdeployment strategytravelhospitalitytechnology

Education

University of VirginiaMcIntire School of Commerce, Bachelor of Science

Also at Thayer Ventures

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Questions

Who is Tyler Carrico?

Tyler Carrico is Managing Partner at Thayer Ventures, focusing on investments and deployment strategy. He joined in 2017 and co-founded the Derive fund strategy in 2022.

How much does Tyler Carrico invest?

Tyler Carrico invests through Thayer Ventures, which writes checks of $500K to $10M at pre-seed, seed, series a.

How do I pitch Tyler Carrico?

A warm intro from a founder Thayer Ventures backed works best.

What did Tyler Carrico do before Thayer Ventures?

investment banking professional at BoA Merril Lynch; founder at Derive Ventures.

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