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Garry Tan (Chinese: 陳嘉興; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Ka-heng; born 1981) is an American venture capitalist and executive who is the CEO of Y Combinator and a founder of Initialized Capital. He previously co-founded Posterous and Posthaven. He was an early employee at Palantir Technologies, and previously a partner at Y Combinator.
Garry Tan is the leader of the renowned startup accelerator Y Combinator since January 2023. He is also a cofounder of Initialized Capital and an early investor in 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.
Hi, I'm Garry Tan —I'm President & CEO of Y Combinator. I'm a designer, engineer, and investor in early stage startups.
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 ...
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 .
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.
