Jawed Karim – Startup Investor Profile

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Jawed Karim is the Founder and Partner of Y Ventures, an early-stage venture investment group. Y Ventures focuses on the internet consumer space, primarily working with students and first-time entrepreneurs. The investment check size is $950K. The fund, co-founded by Jawed Karim along with Kevin Hartz and Keith Rabois, is known for its partnership and collaboration styles with a focus on fostering growth in startups.
Location: San Francisco, CA
Country: Bangladesh
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Investment Stages: pre-seed, seed
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Status: low-active

AI Reasoning: Searches show Jawed Karim’s known investments date back many years (e.g., Airbnb seed in April 2009) and no evidence of recent investments in the past several years up to 2025. The last verifiable investment found is from 2009 (Airbnb), which is well over 12 months ago, so classify as low-active. The startup found: Airbnb.

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Low Activity – Only known angel investments more than 12 months ago.
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Very Active – Known angel investments in the last 6 months.

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