# Luther Lowe

> Luther Lowe is a Series A investor at Y Combinator backing A/B Testing and Machine Learning. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator)
- Location: Washington, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Nov 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lutherlowe
- Website: https://x.com/lutherlowe

Luther Lowe is a Series A investor at Y Combinator in Washington focused on A/B Testing and Machine Learning. Since 2023, Luther Lowe has served as the Head of Public Policy for Y Combinator. Prior to this, he led public policy at Yelp for over decade. A recent focus of his advocacy was working to persuade the European Commission that Google was in violation of EU competition laws, an effort profiled at length by the New York Times in 2017. In 2018, innaming him to its inaugural 'New Establishment' list, Vanity Fair wrote, "No single person in the United States has been a bigger antagonist of Google in the past seven years than Luther Lowe." Politico called Luther "Google's chief antagonist in the U.S. and Europe" this year when it reported on the Department of Justice's fresh investigation into Google's conduct.Luther joined Yelp as an early employee in 2008, where he was part of a small landing team that opened Yelp's first remote office in New York City. After serving a year in the Account Executive role, he was tapped to create a new department leading small business outreach, reporting to the COO. In 2011, he handed off the department and became Yelp’s first director of government affairs.Before joining Yelp, Luther was an aide de camp to retired NATO Supreme Allied Commander General Wesley Clark where he primarily assisted in producing General Clark's best-selling memoir. He has served as a paid staffer on more than a dozen state, local, and federal democratic campaigns. While attending college and serving as a member of the Virginia National Guard, he filed and won a federal lawsuit against the city of Williamsburg, Virginia for the systematic disenfranchisement of student voters. The high profile effort led to increased national awareness about student voter suppression. Luther lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife and daughter. He holds a bachelor of arts in Government from the College of William & Mary.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/B Testing | 1 | 100% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 100% |
| Marketing Automation | 1 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OfferFit | OfferFit is an AI-powered experimentation platform that automates decision-making and personalization for businesses. It enables companies to optimize customer engagement strategies by continuously testing and learning from various offers and interactions. The platform leverages machine learning to deliver tailored recommendations, improvingmarketing effectiveness and customer experience. | $14M | Series A | Nov 16, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AfterWork Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/afterwork-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Black Nova Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/black-nova-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Burst Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/burst-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Canvas Prime](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canvas-venture-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Carbide Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carbide-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Y Combinator

VC Fund · Mountain View, United States

Y Combinator is a startup accelerator that provides funding and mentorship to early-stage companies. It offers a program where startups receive guidance from experienced entrepreneurs and investors. The organization helps founders in their business models and develop their products. Y Combinator serves industries such as technology, healthcare, andfinance.

5 contacts available at Y Combinator.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Boris Jabes | Visiting Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boris-jabes |
| Luther Lowe | Head of Public Policy | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luther-lowe |
| Max Kolysh | Visiting Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/max-kolysh |
| Brad Flora | Group Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brad-flora |
| Calvin French-Owen | Visiting Group Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/calvin-french-owen |

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## FAQ

### What does Luther Lowe invest in?

Luther Lowe invests primarily in A/B Testing, Machine Learning and Marketing Automation startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Luther Lowe last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Luther Lowe closed in Nov 2021. Shizune tracks 1 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?

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