Jessica Livingston, Angel Investor

Jessica Livingston is an angel investor and co-founder of Y Combinator, with a focus on early-stage technology and consumer ventures. She has made over a dozen investments, including Tesseral, Hype and Vice, Elpha, and Balto. She participated in Tesseral’s seed round, which raised $3.3 million, along with earlier investments such as Hype and Vice’s seed round raising $1.5 million, Elpha’s seed round raising $1.1 million, and Balto’s seed round raising $600K. Her portfolio also includes Qvin, Eva, Juni Learning, Triplebyte, Reddit, and other startups across diverse sectors. Jessica co-founded Y Combinator in 2005 and has been deeply involved in supporting early-stage founders for over two decades. While she no longer invests directly, she continues to engage with startups and hosts The Social Radars podcast, sharing insights from her experience in venture capital and entrepreneurship.