Eric Tarczynski

Eric Tarczynski, Founder and Managing Partner of Contrary

Eric Tarczynski is the founder and managing partner of Contrary, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm he started in 2016.12 Contrary invests in early-stage technology companies across North America and India, with notable investments in startups like DoorDash, Anduril, Ramp, Zepto, and Vise.2

Tarczynski was awarded the Forbes 30 Under 30 honor in the Venture Capital category for his work founding Contrary.2 Some of Contrary's high-profile investors include Tesla co-founder Martin Eberhard, Reddit co-founder Steve Huffman, Twitch co-founder Emmett Shear, Twitter ex-CEO Parag Agrawal, Meta Chief Product Officer Chris Cox, and GitHub COO Erica Brescia.2

Prior to founding Contrary, Tarczynski was an early employee at the mobile game recording startup Kamcord, which raised $35M from investors like a16z, Tencent, Time Warner, and GV before being acquired by Lyft.1 He also co-founded a restaurant mobile payments company called Checkit while at Northeastern University.1

Tarczynski's LinkedIn username is eric-tarczynski-84880230.4 He has over 500 connections on LinkedIn1 and can also be found on Twitter at @etarczynski.3