RRebel Fund
Rebel Fund is a San Francisco-based seed-stage venture capital fund that invests exclusively in Y Combinator start-ups, backing roughly the top 10% of each batch before Demo Day. It picks companies with Rebel Theorem, its in-house machine-learning model trained on a large proprietary database of YC companies and founders, and builds a diversified portfolio of more than 300 investments. Its investing partners are YC alumni, among them Steve Huffman (Reddit), Daniel Kan (Cruise), Max Mullen (Instacart), Trip Adler (Scribd) and Sebastian Mejia (Rappi). Portfolio companies include Airbyte, Albedo, Array Labs and Aviron Interactive.
SectorsGeneralist, Software, AI, Fintech, Deep tech
VC MapSeed
Team
Jared Heyman
Managing Partner
Luis Fortuño
Managing Director
Steve Huffman
Rebel Partner
Daniel Kan
Rebel Partner
Max Mullen
Rebel Partner
Trip Adler
Rebel Partner
Jonathan Hirsch
Rebel Partner
Dan Siroker
Rebel Partner
Josh Reeves
Rebel Partner
Tomer London
Rebel Partner
Edward Kim
Rebel Partner
Portfolio companies 6
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Funding rounds 3
Open as list →| Date | Company | Round | Amount | Lead |
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| 2026-05-26 | Didit | Seed | $7.5M |
Lead not disclosed
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| 2022-09-07 | Invofox | Seed (estimated) | $2M |
Lead unknown
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| 2022-01-17 | Payflow | Series A | $9.1M |
Seaya Ventures, Cathay Innovation
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Often invests with 8
Open as list →News 7
Open as list →| Published | Article |
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| 2026-08-27 |
Investors bet $6m that Multiplier can fix finance AI ↗
FinTech Global
2026-08-27 |
| 2026-07-30 |
Dili raises $21.7M to bring AI compliance to the infrastructure boom ↗
TechCrunch
2026-07-30 |
| 2026-05-26 |
Didit Closes $7.5M Seed Round to Build Identity Infrastructure for the AI Era ↗
PR Newswire
2026-05-26 |
| 2025-09-29 |
This French VC went from posting on YouTube to raising a $12M fund for Y Combinator startups ↗
TechCrunch
2025-09-29 |
| 2025-07-11 |
This 19-year-old's space company just raised millions to keep satellites connected 24/7 ↗
TechCrunch
2025-07-11 |
| 2025-07-03 |
Y Combinator alum launched a new $34M fund dedicated to YC startups, backed by Garry Tan ↗
TechCrunch
2025-07-03 |
| 2025-02-18 |
Capi Money Raises $17.9M to Help African Importers Settle Invoices in 48 Hours ↗
Launch Base Africa
2025-02-18 |