Ivan Kirigin is a 2x Y Combinator founder (Tipjoy W08, YesGraph W15) who became a VC at Tango.vc after driving Dropbox's 12x user growth and selling YesGraph to Lyft. He hosts deep-dive interviews with frontier-tech founders on topics like space factories and robotics while maintaining an active writing presence where he shares frameworks on subjects like "idea market fit" and how major institutions evolve.
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Tango.vc
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AI, Robotics, Deeptech / Hardware, Space, Data
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Pre-Seed - Seed
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$50K - $250K
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Tango.vc is a fully public 506(c) venture fund where solo GP Ivan Kirigin transparently blogs about fund mechanics, LP processes, and performance in real-time—unusual behavior for VC funds that typically keep fundraising details private. The small fund ($4.7M-$10M) is built around Ivan's deep ML/robotics operating background and his 62x return on pre-YC Cruise Automation, positioning itself as a flexible co-investor in highly technical deals rather than competing to lead rounds.
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