Paul Graham

Investment Partner , Angel

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Investment Partner,Angel
Investor Stage
Seed

Paul Graham is a co-founder of Y Combinator, a startup accelerator in Mountain View, California. He is also a programmer, venture capitalist, and essayist.


Graham is the author of On Lisp (1993), ANSI Common Lisp (1995), and Hackers & Painters (2004). In 1995, he and Robert Morris started Viaweb, the first ASP, which in 1998 became Yahoo! Store. In 2002, he discovered a simple spam filtering algorithm that inspired the current generation of filters.


Graham has obtained a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from Cornell University. He earned an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Applied Sciences with specialization in computer sciences from Harvard University, and studied painting at Rhode Island School of Design and the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
6
Paul Graham has made 6 investments. Their most recent investment was on Oct 24, 2015, when Seed raised $5M.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
Aug 18, 2020 Odeko Series A $12M Operating Systems Detail
Apr 28, 2020 Aesthetic Seed $3.10M Blockchain Detail
Jun 26, 2018 Shone Seed $4M Artificial Intelligence Detail
Oct 1, 2016 Replit Seed Cloud Computing Detail
Oct 24, 2015 Seed Series Unknown $5M Banking Detail
Mar 25, 2014 Clever Series A $10.30M Big Data Detail