About Garry Tan
Garry Tan is an entrepreneur, an angel investor and a board member based out of San Francisco, United States. They did their Bachelors from Stanford in 2003. Their journey in the startup ecosystem started in 2008 through Posterous. Garry Tan has founded 2 companies. They are currently acting as the, and as the co-founder of Posthaven. Prior to this, Garry Tan co-founded Posterous. As an angel investor, Garry Tan has a portfolio of 54 companies, focusing primarily on sectors like Enterprise Applications, High Tech and 23 more sectors. They invest in companies across United States, India and 4 more. Their most notable investments include companies like Perplexity and Opendoor. Garry Tan is currently serving as a board member at Formic, Standard and 1 more company.
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Garry Tan's Investments
Garry Tan has invested in 54 companies. Their most recent investment was in Monogram (Seed Round) on Jun 30, 2026. Their investments are primarily in Enterprise Applications, High Tech and 23 more sectors. Their investment portfolio include companies in United States, India and 4 more.Here is the list of recent investments by Garry Tan:
Date | Company | Round | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 30, 2026 | Seed | $40M | and 13 more | |
Jun 17, 2026 | Series B | $310M | and 10 more | |
Apr 07, 2026 | Seed | Undisclosed | ||
Apr 07, 2026 | Series A | Undisclosed |
Garry Tan's Portfolio Exits
Here is the list of top portfolio exits by Garry Tan:
Company | Description | Location | Total Funding | Founded Year | Exit Type | Exit Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Provider of digital platforms for buying and selling residential property | Tempe (United States) | $1.35B | 2014 | IPO | Dec 21, 2020 | |
Provider of learning and data handling solutions for schools | San Francisco (United States) | $43.4M | 2012 | Acquisition | May 06, 2021 | |
Developer of underwriting technology providing access to financial credit products | San Francisco (United States) | $79.2M | 2012 | Acquisition | Feb 23, 2017 | |
Cloud-based platform for HR and payroll management solutions | Tempe (United States) | $598M | 2013 | Acquisition | Dec 23, 2021 |
Garry Tan's Portfolio Unicorns
Garry Tan has 7 unicorns in the portfolio including Perplexity, CoinTracker and 5 more.
Here is the list of top portfolio unicorns by Garry Tan:
Company | Short Description | Total Funding | Founded Year | Current Stage | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AI-powered search and answer generation | $1.72B | 2022 | Series E | San Francisco | |
App-based portfolio management solution for cryptocurrency | $102M | 2017 | Series A | San Francisco |
Garry Tan's Founded Companies
Here are the details of all founded companies by Garry Tan:
Company | Short Description | Total Funding | Founded Year | Current Stage | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Online blogging platform for users | $10.1M | 2008 | Acqui-Hired | San Francisco | |
SaaS and app-based blogging platform | $120K | 2013 | Seed | San Francisco |
Garry Tan's Board Memberships
Garry Tan has 3 current board memberships including Formic and Standard.Here is the list of top board memberships by Garry Tan:
Company | Description | Total Funding | Current Stage | Membership Status | Appointment Date | Cessation Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Provider of robotics inspection, repair & consulting services for various industries | $59.1M | Series A | CURRENT | Mar 26, 2021 | - | |
Platform offering AI-enabled automated checkout software solutions for offline retailers | $237M | Series C | CURRENT | Nov 29, 2018 | - |
Garry Tan's Top News
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US: OpenDoor raises $10 million in funding round set on platform innovationProperty Portal Watch•Jan 31, 2018•Opendoor, SV Angel, Khosla Ventures, True Ventures and 21 others
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Mobile Optimization Startup Taplytics Has Raised $2.4M In Seed FundingTechCrunch+•May 20, 2015•Taplytics, Matt Cutts, Y Combinator, ACE & Company and 15 others
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Pushbullet Closes $1.5M Seed Funding |FinSMEsFinSMEs•Jan 27, 2015•Pushbullet, General Catalyst, SV Angel, Alexis Ohanian and 2 others
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