Ivan Kirigin

Ivan Kirigin is an investor at Tango.vc, focusing on seed-stage startups in robotics, machine learning (ML), and automation. He has been with Tango.vc since September 2019 and has been involved in backing numerous early-stage companies, with Fund I supporting 46 startups and currently working on Fund II.1

Professional Background

Prior to his role at Tango.vc, Kirigin had a notable career in technology and entrepreneurship:

• Lyft: He served as a Product Manager at Lyft from August 2017 to August 2019, where he transitioned from the growth team to the self-driving division, Level 5, after Lyft acquired his startup, YesGraph.

• YesGraph: As the CEO of YesGraph from July 2012 until its acquisition by Lyft, he developed a platform that recommended user invitations to enhance business growth.

• Dropbox: Kirigin contributed to Dropbox's growth as a Product Manager, helping the company expand significantly during his tenure.

• Facebook: He worked as an engineering lead on Facebook's commerce team, where he developed payment systems.

• Tipjoy: He co-founded this social micropayments system, which was part of Y Combinator's Winter 2008 batch.

• iRobot: He began his career as a software engineer, focusing on military research projects related to robotics.

Kirigin holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from New York University and a Master’s degree in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University.1