Jared Friedman
Group Partner @ Y Combinator
San Francisco, United States
Jared Friedman is a partner at Y Combinator in San Francisco, where he invests in and helps startups. Previously, Jared was co-founder and CTO at Scribd, a top 100 web property. He studied computer science at Harvard University.
- Total investments:
- 242
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 65%
Last updated:
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Industries Jared Friedman invests in
Stages Jared Friedman invests in
Countries Jared Friedman invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $1.1M–$6.5M
- Pre-Seed
- $500k–$500k
- Series A
- $5M–$27M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 104 (43%)
- Software 89 (37%)
- Information Technology 42 (17%)
- SaaS 31 (13%)
- Developer Tools 20 (8%)
Stage
- Pre-Seed 155 (64%)
- Seed 59 (24%)
- Series A 16 (7%)
- Series B 5 (2%)
- Series C 2 (1%)
Country
- United States 180 (74%)
- United Kingdom 3 (1%)
- India 2 (1%)
- Sweden 2 (1%)
- Kenya 1 (0%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| tash is an investment platform that offers professionally managed indices and fractional shares of iconic trading cards. | $500K / Pre-Seed / Sep 10, 2026 | ||
| Waybill is an AI-powered inventory platform that automates sourcing, shipping, customs, and inventory management for deep-tech teams. | $500K / Pre-Seed / Sep 10, 2026 | ||
| Atlia provides AI-native short-term rental management services for property owners. | $500K / Pre-Seed / Sep 10, 2026 | ||
| Vestris provides AI agents that automate real estate title and closing workflows from contract intake to closing readiness. | $500K / Pre-Seed / Sep 10, 2026 | ||
| Rise Reforming converts stranded biogas from various sources like wastewater plants and farms into valuable chemicals on-site. | $500K / Pre-Seed / Sep 10, 2026 | ||
| Luca IQ is a modern tax software platform for CPA firms, covering client intake, tax preparation, review, and e-filing. | $500K / Pre-Seed / Sep 10, 2026 | ||
| Verdant is an AI infrastructure and workflow automation platform for local government permitting and planning. | $500K / Pre-Seed / Sep 10, 2026 | ||
| Amorphic Labs develops AI agents that create personalized product demo videos for sales and customer success teams. | $500K / Pre-Seed / Sep 10, 2026 | ||
| Kebra develops AI software that automates field-service documentation and back-office workflows. | $500K / Pre-Seed / Sep 10, 2026 | ||
| Rekursiv AI develops autonomous systems that hypothesize, perform research, and design machine learning experiments. | $5M / Pre-Seed / Sep 10, 2026 | ||
| See all 242 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
About Y Combinator
Y Combinator invests a standard amount of capital in exchange for equity and through uncapped safe agreements. Participants engage in a three-month intensive cycle that focuses on product development and preparations for fundraising. The firm offers access to a private networking platform for knowledge sharing and hosts events featuring speakers from various sectors. This program culminates in a presentation event where founders showcase their businesses to a curated group of investors.
Y Combinator Contacts
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Boris Jabes
Visiting Partner
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Luther Lowe
Head of Public Policy
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Max Kolysh
Visiting Partner
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Brad Flora
Group Partner
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Calvin French-Owen
Visiting Group Partner
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FAQ
What does Jared Friedman invest in?
Jared Friedman invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Information Technology startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 242 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Jared Friedman invest in?
Jared Friedman typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$6.5M at Seed, $500k–$500k at Pre-Seed and $5M–$27M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Jared Friedman's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Jared Friedman took part in.
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When did Jared Friedman last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Jared Friedman closed in Sep 2026. Shizune tracks 242 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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