Profile

Harj Taggar

Location: USA

Harj Taggar is the CEO of Triplebyte, a company reinventing the way engineers are hired. Hari was previously a partner at Y Combinator where he worked on scaling the program from 30 companies per cycle to over 100.

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#172

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280

Investments

43

Exits

31
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Overview
About Harj Taggar
Number of Portfolio Companies 5
Location USA

Harj Taggar is the CEO of Triplebyte, a company reinventing the way engineers are hired. Hari was previously a partner at Y Combinator where he worked on scaling the program from 30 companies per cycle to over 100. Triplebyte was founded on the belief that the current technical hiring process doesn’t do enough to help engineers show their strengths. The founders started Triplebyte to help engineers find great jobs by assessing their abilities without relying on the prestige of their resume credentials Prior to that he was the founder of YC funded Automatic, acquired by Live Current Media. He was also the first seed investor in a number of companies including Instacart and Zenefits.

Managing Partner at Y Combinator San Francisco, California

Summary

Experienced entrepreneur, investor, and startup leader with a proven track record of building and scaling successful companies. Co-founded multiple ventures including Initialized Capital and Triplebyte. Deep expertise in identifying and nurturing early-stage startups, with a portfolio including several unicorn companies.

Experience

Managing Partner

Y Combinator January 2023 – Present

  • Lead investment decisions and startup mentorship programs
  • Guide founders through critical growth stages
  • Develop and implement accelerator program strategies

Group Partner

Y Combinator April 2020 – January 2023

  • Evaluated and selected promising startups for YC program
  • Mentored founders through company building and fundraising
  • Provided strategic guidance to portfolio companies

Co-Founder and CEO

Triplebyte February 2015 – October 2019

  • Built technical recruiting platform from concept to scale
  • Led company strategy and operations
  • Developed innovative hiring solutions for tech companies

Co-Founder and General Partner

Initialized Capital June 2011 – December 2014

  • Co-founded early-stage venture capital firm
  • Led investments in multiple unicorn companies
  • Notable investments include Instacart, Coinbase, Opendoor, GOAT, Rippling, and Plangrid

Partner

Y Combinator January 2010 – December 2014

  • Evaluated and selected startups for YC program
  • Mentored founders through early company stages
  • Provided strategic guidance to portfolio companies

Co-founder & President

Auctomatic June 2006 – March 2008

  • Built and scaled e-commerce software company
  • Secured funding from Y Combinator, Chris Sacca, and Paul Buchheit
  • Led company to successful acquisition by Live Current Media

Education

Master of Arts in Jurisprudence University of Oxford 2003 – 2006

Notable Investment Portfolio

Recent Investments:

  • Zeus Living (2021) – Buildings and Property
  • Heap (2016) – Business/Productivity Software
  • Hullabalu (2015) – Entertainment Software
  • Rescale (2015) – Business/Productivity Software
  • Rainforest QA (2015) – Business/Productivity Software
  • Framed Data (2014) – Media and Information Services (B2B)
  • SoundFocus (2014) – Application Software
  • BloomThat (2014) – Social/Platform Software
  • Spring (2014) – Application Software
  • SlidePay (2013) – Financial Software

Skills

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Venture Capital
  • Startup Development
  • Strategic Planning
  • Business Development
  • Investment Strategy
  • Company Building
  • Early-stage Investing

Contact Information

  • Location: San Francisco, California, United States

LinkedIn Connections: 500+

– Professional Followers: 8,825

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Company name
ENTRY ROUND
VALUATION at entry ($M)
Xs
VALUATION 
Series A
$50M
900
$45 000M
Series B
$125M
688
$86 000M
Series A
$15M
246,67
$3 700M
Seed
$1 289M
1,09
$1 400M
Series A
$3 500M
1,66
$5 800M

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