Profile
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).
Before that, he was an early employee at Palantir and designed its logo.
In his spare time, he enjoys van life with his family and creating videos for his YouTube channel.
Garry Tan active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Initialized Capital Management LLC
Initialized Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Initialized Capital invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors. It participates in seed stage transactions. | Founder | 2011-12-31 |
Standard Cognition Corp.
Standard Cognition Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops AI platform for retailers | Director/Board Member | - |
Salus Labs, Inc.
Salus Labs, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Provides information technology services | Director/Board Member | - |
Bodyport, Inc.
Bodyport, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Publishes mobile applications which provides blood pressure, heart rate and other health information | Director/Board Member | - |
Trunk Technologies, Inc.
Trunk Technologies, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops continuous integration reliability platform that helps engineering teams eliminate flaky tests and optimize merge queues | Director/Board Member | - |
Tigereye Labs, Inc.
Tigereye Labs, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops AI driven construction platform | Director/Board Member | 2022-09-07 |
Posthaven, Inc. | Founder | 2013-02-28 |
Mezmo, Inc.
Mezmo, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides AI based telemetry data platform | Director/Board Member | - |
Y Combinator LLC
Y Combinator LLC Investment ManagersFinance Y Combinator seeks investment opportunities in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors and industries. It provides financing for seed and early stage capital requirements. | Private Equity Investor | - |
Former positions of Garry Tan
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Linked companies
| Private companies | 13 |
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Microsoft Corp.
Microsoft Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops, manufactures and distributes software products | Technology Services |
Palantir Technologies, Inc.
Palantir Technologies, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops and builds enterprise data software platforms | Technology Services |
Stanford University
Stanford University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
Y Combinator LLC
Y Combinator LLC Investment ManagersFinance Y Combinator seeks investment opportunities in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors and industries. It provides financing for seed and early stage capital requirements. | Finance |
Posterous, Inc.
Posterous, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Provides online blogging services | Technology Services |
Initialized Capital Management LLC
Initialized Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Initialized Capital invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors. It participates in seed stage transactions. | Finance |
Salus Labs, Inc.
Salus Labs, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Provides information technology services | Technology Services |
Mezmo, Inc.
Mezmo, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides AI based telemetry data platform | Technology Services |
Bodyport, Inc.
Bodyport, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Publishes mobile applications which provides blood pressure, heart rate and other health information | Technology Services |
Standard Cognition Corp.
Standard Cognition Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops AI platform for retailers | Technology Services |
Posthaven, Inc. | |
Trunk Technologies, Inc.
Trunk Technologies, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops continuous integration reliability platform that helps engineering teams eliminate flaky tests and optimize merge queues | Technology Services |
Tigereye Labs, Inc.
Tigereye Labs, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops AI driven construction platform | Technology Services |
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