Garry Tan

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Posthaven, Inc.

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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	01/01/2012
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	08/09/2022
Posthaven, Inc. Posthaven, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Operates as a blogging platform that helps individuals and enterprises post contents	Founder	01/03/2013
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	01/01/2023

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Private companies	13
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. Posthaven, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Operates as a blogging platform that helps individuals and enterprises post contents	Technology Services
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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