Jared Friedman is a Managing Partner at YC. He was cofounder of Scribd, funded by Y Combinator in 2006 and grew to be one of the top 100 sites on the web.
Jared Friedman is a technology investor whose portfolio reflects a broad but discernible focus on early-stage startups operating across consumer marketplaces, software infrastructure, food and beverage, financial technology, and emerging hardware categories. His investments span companies such as Instacart, ShipBob, and Supr Daily in the on-demand delivery and logistics space, alongside food and drink ventures including Goldbelly, Flaviar, LivBlends, and Zesty, suggesting sustained interest in how technology reshapes consumption and supply chains. Friedman has also backed developer and enterprise tools through companies like Parse, Swiftype, Ironclad, and Triplebyte, indicating comfort with technical founding teams building software for professional and business users. His portfolio includes fintech and alternative finance plays such as FundersClub, Wefunder, and Bitaccess, pointing to an interest in democratizing access to capital and financial infrastructure. Healthcare and biotech representation through Call9, theMednet, Lygos, and Solugen demonstrates a willingness to engage with science-driven companies alongside more conventional software businesses. Consumer hardware and mobility ventures including Cruise Automation, Eight Sleep, and Beep Networks further illustrate the range of his conviction. Across this portfolio, Friedman appears drawn to founders tackling fragmented or underserved markets with scalable, technology-enabled approaches, spanning both business-to-consumer and business-to-business models at the earliest stages of company formation.