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Jessica Livingston

North America, California, United States, Mountain View

Description

Jessica Livingston is a founding partner at Y Combinator. She is also the organizer of Startup School, the big annual startup conference, an...

Investor Profile

Jessica Livingston has backed more than 12 startups, with 1 new investments in the last 12 months alone. The firm has led 0 rounds, about 0% of its total and boasts 4 exits across its portfolio.

Investment Focus Highlights

  • Concentrates on Seed, Angel, Series Unknown rounds (top funding stages).
  • Majority of deals are located in United States, Mexico.
  • Strong thematic focus on Education, Software, EdTech.

Stage Focus

  • Seed (58%)
  • Angel (17%)
  • Series Unknown (8%)
  • Series B (8%)
  • Series A (8%)

Country Focus

  • United States (92%)
  • Mexico (8%)

Industry Focus

  • Education
  • Software
  • Edtech
  • Health Care
  • Medical
  • Medical Device
  • Human Resources
  • Internet
  • Recruiting
  • Big Data
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Who does Jessica Livingston frequently co-invest with?

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COIND
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 1
Soma Capital
Soma Capital
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 2
Caffeinated Capital
Caffeinated Capital
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 2
Liquid 2 Ventures
Liquid 2 Ventures
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 2
Felicis
Felicis
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Co-Investments: 2
Y Combinator
Y Combinator
North America, California, United States, Mountain View
Co-Investments: 6
Crowd Venture Capital
Crowd Venture Capital
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 1
SV Angel
SV Angel
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 5
Bessemer Venture Partners
Bessemer Venture Partners
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 1
Initialized Capital
Initialized Capital
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 3

Which angels does Jessica Livingston often collaborate with?

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Paul Buchheit
North America, California, United States, Mountain View
Shared Deals: 4
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Alexis Ohanian
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 2
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Michael Seibel
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 2
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Yuri Milner
North America, California, United States, Los Altos Hills
Shared Deals: 2
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Emmett Shear
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 3
JK
Justin Kan
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 2
KV
Kyle Vogt
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 3
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Ashton Kutcher
North America, California, United States, Los Angeles
Shared Deals: 3
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Ben Parr
North America, New York, United States, New York
Shared Deals: 1
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Sam Altman
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 2

What are some of recent deals done by Jessica Livingston?

Tesseral

San Francisco, California, United States

The open source auth infrastructure for B2B SaaS

Cloud SecurityCyber SecurityDeveloper APIsDeveloper PlatformDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareIdentity ManagementInfrastructureOpen SourceSoftware
SeedMay 6, 2025
Amount Raised: $3,300,000
Hype and Vice

Los Angeles, California, United States

Hype and Vice combines on-trend fashion with University brands to create apparel women actually want to wear.

ApparelE-CommerceEducationFashionLifestyleRetail
SeedNov 13, 2019
Amount Raised: $1,500,000
Elpha

San Francisco, California, United States

Where women in tech talk candidly online

Communities
SeedNov 6, 2019
Amount Raised: $1,100,000
Balto

San Francisco, California, United States

Balto is a platform for fantasy sports league managers to make money from their work.

Sports
SeedSep 26, 2019
Amount Raised: $600,000
Eva

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Eva develops an accessible and non-invasive wearable device designed to detect breast cancer risks.

3D TechnologyDigital MediaHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsLife ScienceMedicalMedical Device
Series UnknownOct 11, 2018
Amount Raised: $5,000,000
Juni Learning

San Francisco, California, United States

A learning platform helping every student achieve their best future.

ComputerE-LearningEdTechEducationHuman Computer Interaction
AngelOct 9, 2018
Amount Raised: $790,000
Qvin

Menlo Park, California, United States

Qvin is the first and only healthcare service to use menstrual blood as a non-invasive lab test.

Health CareMedicalMedical Device
SeedSep 5, 2018
Triplebyte

San Francisco, California, United States

Triplebyte is a recruiting and technical screening platform for tech companies.

Human ResourcesInternetRecruitingSoftware
Series AFeb 28, 2018
Amount Raised: $10,000,000
Triplebyte

San Francisco, California, United States

Triplebyte is a recruiting and technical screening platform for tech companies.

Human ResourcesInternetRecruitingSoftware
SeedSep 28, 2015
Amount Raised: $3,000,000
Reddit

San Francisco, California, United States

Reddit is an online platform that enables users to submit links, create content, and have discussions about the topics of their interest.

ContentNewsSocial MediaSocial Network
Series BSep 30, 2014
Amount Raised: $50,000,000

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