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The Apprenticeship Litmus Test
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Kyle Harrison
General Partner at Contrary
United States
Overview
Kyle Harrison is a General Partner at Contrary with a successful track record in venture capital investing, particularly in Series A and Seed stages within sectors like security and AI. He has held notable roles at Index Ventures, Coatue Management, and TCV, and has invested in companies like Airplane, Pave, and GitLab.
Harrison's career highlights include co-founding Go Solar Group and Sandbox Creations LLC, as well as contributing as a writer and investor for Investing 101 2.0. His expertise in leadership, entrepreneurship, and financial analysis has been instrumental in his investment successes and current role as a General Partner at Contrary.
Work Experience
General Partner
2022 - Current
Investor / Board in Ramp, Replit, Anduril, OneSchema, Zepto, Moment, Nomic, Pave, Patch, Modern Intelligence, Teamshares, Leland, Synthesis, Armada, Power, and more Contrary is a talent and research-driven investment firm. We back a small number of exceptional people and the companies they build, from seed to scale.
Contrary is a talent and research-driven investment firm. We back a small number of exceptional people and the companies they build.
Writer & Investor
2022
Angel investor in Grow Therapy, Teamshares, Workweek, Era Finance, Sylva, Cubby, Valinor, Commonstock (acquired by Yahoo Finance) and more
Partner
2020 - 2022
Investor / Board at Coalition, Persona, Anrok, Cocoon, Shopmonkey, ServiceTitan, Tekion, Gong, and Built
Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that helps the entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into global businesses.
Growth Investor
2018 - 2020
Investor / Board at OneTrust, Attentive Mobile, Gong, Rippling, Databricks, Snyk, Scale AI, Gitlab ($GTLB), Confluent ($CFLT), and Snowflake ($SNOW)
Growth Investor
2016 - 2018
Investor / Board at Legalzoom, Newsela, Rave, Clio, Peloton ($PTON), HashiCorp ($HCP), and Toast ($TOST)
TCV provides investment capital to growth-stage private and public companies in the technology industry.
Adjunct Instructor
2016 - 2017
Scout
2014 - 2016
Kickstart is an early-stage VC fund that provides smart capital, a connected community, and expert guidance to companies.
Co-Founder & COO
2013 - 2015
Co-Founder & CEO
2010 - 2014
Education
Investments
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