DC

Dalton Caldwell

Co-Founder of Standard Capital, Partner Emeritus at Y Combinator

San Francisco, California

VC
Investor
Angel

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $150,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $150,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $150,000.00

Skills

Entrepreneurship
Venture Capital
Strategic Partnerships
Start-ups
User Experience
SaaS
Product Management
Mobile Applications
New Media
Digital Media
Business Development
Online Advertising
Scalability
E-commerce
Angel Investing
Mobile Devices
Social Media
Web Development
Analytics
Monetization

Education

Lists including Dalton

AH
AE
AF
AJ

Based in SF

3077 people

AT
AS
AT
AH

All Series A Investors

14748 people

AM
AT
AS
AR

All Seed Investors

19691 people

Investments

Ellipsis

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $2.5M

Assembly

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $130M

SciPhi

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $500K

PointOne

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $500K

Celest

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $500K

ion design

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $500K

SpareChange

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $500K

Relari

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $500K

Pretzel AI

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $500K

Decipher AI

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $500K

Work Experience

SC
Standard Capital

2025

  • Co-Founder and Partner

    2025

    The AI-native Series A firm.

YC
Y Combinator

2013

  • Partner Emeritus

    2025

  • Managing Partner

    2020 - 2025

  • Partner

    2014 - 2025

    A few of the companies I funded and advised: Rappi, Brex, Podium, Razorpay, Retool, Lattice, Truepill, Lively, Whatnot, Jeeves, Routable, Airbyte, Vendr, Zip

  • Part-time Partner

    2013 - 2014

    Advising Y Combinator companies

App.net

2010 - 2014

  • Founder/CEO

    2010 - 2014

    App.net is owned and operated by Mixed Media Labs, inc. Mixed Media Labs also created and launched picplz

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imeem, inc.

2003 - 2009

  • Founder/CEO

    2003 - 2009

VA Software

2002 - 2003

  • Intern

    2002 - 2003