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Dalton Caldwell
Managing Director at Y Combinator
San Francisco, California
Overview
Dalton Caldwell is the Managing Director at Y Combinator in San Francisco, California, where he has made significant investments in various sectors including GovTech, EnergyTech, and BioTech. With a background in entrepreneurship and venture capital, Caldwell has founded and led successful companies like App.net and imeem, demonstrating expertise in strategic partnerships and business development.
Work Experience
Managing Director
2020 - Current
Partner
2014
A few of the companies I funded and advised: Rappi, Brex, Podium, Razorpay, Retool, Lattice, Truepill, Lively, Whatnot, Jeeves, Routable, Airbyte, Vendr, Zip
Part-time Partner
2013 - 2014
Advising Y Combinator companies
Founder/CEO
2010 - 2014
App.net is owned and operated by Mixed Media Labs, inc. Mixed Media Labs also created and launched picplz
Consultant
2009 - 2010
Founder/CEO
2003 - 2009
Imeem is an online music service that provides fans with access to songs they want.
Raised $27,132,127.00 from Warner Music Group, Sequoia Capital, Morgenthaler Ventures, Warner Bros., Ronald Conway, Mark Goines, Sy Fahimi, Geoff Ralston and First Round Capital.
Intern
2002 - 2003
VA Software offers software, open source technology, and community support services.
Education
B.S.
1998 - 2002