Where does Jared Friedman work?

Jared Friedman is Founder/CTO of Scribd and YC Partner at Y Combinator.

Where did Jared Friedman go to school?

Jared Friedman studied at Harvard University (A.B., Computer Science); Horace Mann.

What podcasts and interviews feature Jared Friedman?

Tracked appearances include "Zepto: How Two 17-Year-Olds Built India's Largest Seller Of Fruits and Vegetables", "This Startup Wants To Catch Cancer Before It Spreads", "Inside The Startup Reinventing America’s Trillion Dollar Chemical Industry", and 9 more.

Jared Friedman

InvestorFounder

YC Partner at Y Combinator · Founder/CTO at Scribd

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedScribd · YC

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3,635 people in our graph share verified history with Jared — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Crystal HuangunlockedJared: together at Harvard University (2007)

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About

A partner at Y Combinator who advises founders, particularly those building hard-tech and biotech companies, and produces educational content on startup ideas, fundraising, and spinning research out of universities.

Contact· published on Jared's own website

j•••@ycombinator.comreveal

Beyond investing

Founded: Friedman co-founded Scribd, a digital library subscription service, after leaving Harvard in 2007.
Education: Studied at Harvard (Computer Science)
Communities: Friedman has been an active FundersClub member since 2012.
Hobbies: Friedman enjoys traveling to developing startup ecosystems, including a December trip to Egypt, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai to meet local entrepreneurs and investors.

From Jared's own website — common ground for a warm intro.

Founder/CTO at Scribd YC S06

Intro paths

Jared went through Y Combinator (Summer 2006) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Jared can intro founders to Scribd's investors below.

Scribd's investors · 7

CRV (Charles River Ventures)Bay Area · $250K – $5M checks · since 2019 Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checks · since 2019 Khosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checks · since 2019 Redpoint VenturesWoodside · $100K – $10M checks · since 2019 Spectrum EquityBoston · $25M – $250M checks · since 2019 VantagePoint Capital PartnersSilicon Valley · $2M – $100M checks · since 2019 Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2006

Co-founders at Scribd

John AdlerExecutive Officer, Director

Trip AdlerFounder

Experience

Y CombinatorPartnercurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Scribd.comCo-Founder & CTO2005 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
Various StartupsAngel Investor2007 — 2015
Bridgewater AssociatesSummer Associate2005
CycorpMember of the Technical Staff2004

Skills & more

Scalability7Start-ups36Entrepreneurship26User Experience11Mobile Applications23Web Development4iOS development3Strategic Partnerships12growth hacking1Quantitative Analytics1HiveFundraising3

+12 more

Angel InvestingBuilding World Class TeamsVenture FinancingRecruitingBusiness StrategyBusiness DevelopmentMobile DevicesWeb ApplicationsRuby on RailsRubyGitObjective-C

Languages English

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Podcasts & interviews

featuring Jared Friedman

Zepto: How Two 17-Year-Olds Built India's Largest Seller Of Fruits and Vegetables

Y Combinator

This Startup Wants To Catch Cancer Before It Spreads

Hard Tech

Inside The Startup Reinventing America’s Trillion Dollar Chemical Industry

Hard Tech

Building A Supersonic Plane Company From The Ground Up

Hard Tech

Apply to the YC W25 Batch!

YC Root Access

You Don’t Have To Be A Billionaire To Launch Satellites

Y Combinator

6 more appearances

Inside The Hard Tech Startups Turning Sci-Fi Into Reality2024-04-11
Full Video: XB-1 Takes Flight2024-03-22
How to get startup ideas2022-11-17
Introducing Startup School 20222022-05-17
Ginkgo Bioworks at YC Summer 2014 Demo Day2021-09-17
Advice for Hard-Tech and Biotech founders2019-09-20

Writing

How to spin your scientific research out of a university and into a startup2020-10-29

Guidance for scientific researchers on how to commercialize university research by spinning it out into a startup, covering founding team decisions.

How biotech startup funding will change in the next 10 years2020-06-09

An essay predicting that biotech startup fundraising will evolve over the next decade the way tech startup fundraising did over the prior one.

Colleagues at Y Combinator

Aaron Epstein

General Partner at Y Combinator

Andrew Miklas

General Partner at Y Combinator

Ankit Gupta

General Partner at Y Combinator

Brad Flora

Backing expeditions into the future

Chris Golda

General Partner at Y Combinator

David Lieb

General Partner at Y Combinator

Diana Hu

General Partner at Y Combinator

Garry Tan

President & CEO of Y Combinator

Network10

Alex RenScout

Founding Partner at Fellows

Alex RoetterScout

General Partner at Moxxie Ventures

Ammar HanafiScout

General Partner at Moment Ventures, Llc

Anji IsmailScout

Scout at Leonis Capital

Ben BlumenroseScout

Co-founder, Managing Partner at Designer Fund

Bryan OffuttScout

Investor at Index Ventures

Burak CendekScout

Managing Director at Autotech Ventures

Charles ZedlewskiScout

Venture Partner at Zero Prime Ventures

Eddie LeeScout

General Partner at White Star Capital

Emmett ShearScout

Angel

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Jared Friedman?: A partner at Y Combinator who advises founders, particularly those building hard-tech and biotech companies, and produces educational content on startup ideas, fundraising, and spinning research out of universities.
Where does Jared Friedman work?: Jared Friedman is Founder/CTO of Scribd and YC Partner at Y Combinator.
What companies did Jared Friedman found?: Jared Friedman founded Scribd.
Where did Jared Friedman go to school?: Jared Friedman studied at Harvard University (A.B., Computer Science); Horace Mann.
What has Jared Friedman written?: Jared Friedman has 2 tracked posts, including "How to spin your scientific research out of a university and into a startup", "How biotech startup funding will change in the next 10 years".
What podcasts and interviews feature Jared Friedman?: Tracked appearances include "Zepto: How Two 17-Year-Olds Built India's Largest Seller Of Fruits and Vegetables", "This Startup Wants To Catch Cancer Before It Spreads", "Inside The Startup Reinventing America’s Trillion Dollar Chemical Industry", and 9 more.