Jared Friedman
Managing Director, Software and General Partner at YC
About
Jared Friedman
Jared Friedman is Managing Director, Software and General Partner at YC. He was co-founder of Scribd, which was funded by Y Combinator in 2006 and grew to be one of the top 100 sites on the web. Jared previously worked at a pioneering AI company and studied computer science at Harvard.
YC Stats
- The YC companies Jared has worked with are worth a combined $103 billion.
- Jared has advised more than 20 YC unicorns including: Eight Sleep, Human Interest, Gecko Robotics, Boom, Astranis, BillionToOne, Rappi, Vetcove, Meesho, Scale AI, Flutterwave, Bird, Solugen, Gem, Vanta, Substack, Replit, Prometheus, H1, AtoB, Supabase, Nourish, and Zepto.
Recent Posts
In the News
- VentureBeat: Y Combinator names Scribd cofounder Jared Friedman as partner
- TechCrunch: Scribd Raises $22M For Its Subscription E-Book Service
- STAT: Y Combinator to fund more academic spinouts developing small-molecule drugs
- Insider: The top startup accelerator shares the 4 misconceptions to keep in mind for scientists and researchers who want to bring their ideas to Silicon Valley
Videos and Essays
- How to get startup ideas — 1.5M views
- Advice for Hard-Tech and Biotech founders — 93K views
- Does YC fund solo founders? — 36K views
- Ginkgo Bioworks (S14) is going public today
- How to spin your scientific research out of a university and into a startup
- How biotech startup funding will change in the next 10 years