Y Combinator

Founded in 2005, Y Combinator is a California-based startup accelerator and early-stage venture capital firm. It provides funding, mentorship, and resources to early-stage companies across various industries, with a focus on technology, healthcare, and finance. The organization helps founders refine their business models and products through an intensive three-month program in Silicon Valley, culminating in Demo Day presentations to investors.

Gustaf Alströmer

Partner

Tim Brady

Partner

Dalton Caldwell

Managing Director

Adora Cheung

Partner

Nic Dardenne

Principal

Nicolas Dessaigne

Partner

Aaron Epstein

Group Partner

Brad Flora

Partner

Jared Friedman

Partner

Anu Hariharan

Partner

Diana Hu

Partner

Reshma Khilnani

Partner

Pete Koomen

Visiting Group Partner

Carolynn Levy

Partner

Jon Levy

Managing Director

David Lieb

Partner

Jessica Livingston

Partner

Simon Lu

Principal

Kat Manalac

Managing Partner

Eric Migicovsky

Partner

Kirsty Nathoo

Partner

Geoff Ralston

President

Ali Rowghani

Managing Partner

Surbhi Sarna

Partner

Michael Seibel

Managing Director

Harj Taggar

Group Partner

Garry Tan

President

Matt Bogrand

Senior Associate

Past deals in Industrial Engineering

Optifye.ai

Pre Seed Round in 2025
Optifye.ai is a technology company that specializes in AI-driven optimization solutions for manufacturing. Its core product is an AI-based platform that uses camera-based monitoring to track assembly line production in real-time, generating automated reports and identifying inefficiencies such as bottlenecks. This enables clients to accurately measure workspace output and optimize their production processes.

Entangl

Seed Round in 2024
Entangl develops an automated engineering design platform that identifies design problems independently across projects. It suggests targeted solutions to engineers and provides daily insights to prevent costly issues early on.

Entangl

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Entangl develops an automated engineering design platform that identifies design problems independently across projects. It suggests targeted solutions to engineers and provides daily insights to prevent costly issues early on.

Pashi

Seed Round in 2020
Pashi is a software company based in San Francisco, California, specializing in the development of an operating system that facilitates the design, monitoring, and optimization of production lines. The company's platform integrates various aspects of the production process, including operator instructions, data input interfaces, machine interfacing, and robot programming. By offering a user-friendly graphical interface, Pashi enables industrial engineers to efficiently manage and iterate on production processes, ensuring seamless coordination and control throughout the manufacturing workflow.

Altius Analytics Labs

Grant in 2018
Altius Analytics Labs is a software company that helps workplaces efficiently identify ergonomic risks through advanced motion analysis technology.

iMicrobes

Pre Seed Round in 2015
Industrial Microbes designs and builds microbes that produce better chemicals with lower costs and lower carbon emissions. We use greenhouse gases as the raw materials, including biogas, natural gas, and carbon dioxide. We scale our process with global chemical producers.
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