Number of Portfolio Companies 10
Number of Exits 
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  • Investor Type  Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed
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Yan-David Erlich is the Founder & CEO of Parsable (formerly known as Wearable Intelligence), a Silicon Valley based company transforming the lives, productivity, and safety for the 70% of the global workforce whose jobs aren’t performed at a desk. Parsable is replacing paper & walkie talkies with Sera: a collaboration app for industrial

teams. With it, enterprises can digitize their procedures and have their mobile workforce collaboratively execute them for the first time. Parsable is backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, First Round Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, and a handful of angels.

Mr. Erlich is also a Managing Partner at Outlier Ventures (a micro seed fund), and a founding Venture Partner at MuckerLab, Los Angeles' premier startup accelerator. Prior, Mr. Erlich was the Founder & CEO of ChoiceVendor, which was acquired by LinkedIn (LNKD) in 2010. He was also the Founder & CEO of Mogad, which was acquired by iSkoot (now a division of Qualcomm: QCOM) in 2008, and the Founder of Happiness Engines. Yan-David has been an Entrepreneur in Residence at Matrix Partners, Trinity Ventures, and Battery Ventures. He started his career with software engineering and product management roles at both Google and Microsoft and holds Bachelor of Science degrees in both Computer Science and Electrical & Computer Engineering from Rice University and an MBA from Stanford's Graduate School of Business (class of '05).

Yan-David enjoys advising other entrepreneurs and counts himself fortunate to have been involved since the early stages with companies including Mixer Labs (acq Twitter), Thumbtack, MasterClass, CircleUp, Twenty20, and Vidme. Mr. Erlich has been featured in Forbes, Fortune, Fox, The Wall Street Journal, among other publications.

Number of Investments 12
Yan-David Erlich has made 12 investments. Their latest investment was Pre Seed Round - Twin on Jan 31, 2024, when Twin raised
$3M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Jan 31, 2024
Twin
Pre Seed Round - Twin
$3M
Jun 20, 2018
Stensul
Series A - Stensul
$7M
Feb 20, 2018
Forethought
Seed Round - Forethought
$1M
Mar 28, 2017
MasterClass
Series C - MasterClass
$35M
Sep 30, 2016
Charlie Finance Co.
Seed Round - Charlie Finance Co.
$2.4M
Mar 1, 2016
Rocksbox
Series A - Rocksbox
$8.7M
Feb 23, 2016
MasterClass
No
Series B - MasterClass
$15M
Nov 2, 2015
XOXCO
Venture Round - XOXCO
$1.5M
Jan 1, 2015
MasterClass
Series A - MasterClass
$4.5M
Nov 20, 2013
Apartment List
No
Series A - Apartment List
$23M
Number of Partner Investments 5
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Investor Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Oct 27, 2021
Abacus.AI
Coatue
No
Series C - Abacus.AI
$50M
Oct 13, 2021
Weights & Biases
Coatue
Series C - Weights & Biases
$135M
Feb 5, 2021
Infinitus Systems, Inc.
Coatue
Yes
Series A - Infinitus Systems, Inc.
$21.4M
Nov 18, 2020
Abacus.AI
Coatue
Yes
Series B - Abacus.AI
$22M
Mar 4, 2019
Impira
Coatue
Yes
Series B - Impira
$25M
Number of Exits 
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Yan-David Erlich has exits. Their most notable exits are XOXCORocksbox, and CircleUp.
  • XOXCO XOXCO is a software product design and development studio that creates cutting-edge experiences through software.
  • Rocksbox Rocksbox is a jewelry membership service transforming the way women discover and buy jewelry.
  • CircleUp CircleUp is an investment platform that provides capital and resources to innovative, early-stage consumer brands.
  • Charlie Finance Co. Charlie Finance is a financial services company that helps ordinary Americans worry less about money and get out of debt faster.
Number of Current Jobs 3
Number of Past Jobs 7
Yan-David Erlich has 3 current jobs including Managing Partner at Outlier Ventures, Venture Partner at MuckerLab, and COO at Weights & Biases. Additionally, Yan-David Erlich has had 7 past jobs including General Partner at Coatue.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Coatue
General PartnerMay 2018Jul 2021
Parsable
CEO, FounderMay 2013Aug 18, 2017
Happiness Engines
Founder & CEO20112013
ChoiceVendor
Founder & CEO20082010
Mogad
Founder & CEO20072008
Google
Product Manager20052007
Microsoft
Software Design Engineer & Program Manager20002003
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 10
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 1
Yan-David Erlich holds 10 board and advisor roles including Board Observer at Impira, Advisor at Buddybuild, and Advisor at Parenthoods.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Mixer Labs
Advisor20082010
Number of News Articles 16
Funding RoundJan 31, 2024
Twin raised $3,000,000 / Pre Seed from Betaworks and 15 other investors
Funding RoundJun 20, 2018
Stensul raised $7,000,000 / Series A from Arthur Ventures and 6 other investors
Funding RoundFeb 20, 2018
Forethought raised $1,000,000 / Seed from 8VC and 8 other investors
Funding RoundMar 28, 2017
MasterClass raised $35,000,000 / Series C from Advancit Capital and 11 other investors
Funding RoundSep 30, 2016
Charlie Finance Co. raised $2,435,000 / Seed from Albert Ni and 11 other investors
Funding RoundMar 1, 2016
Rocksbox raised $8,700,000 / Series A from CSC Upshot and 9 other investors
Funding RoundFeb 23, 2016
MasterClass raised $15,000,000 / Series B from Advancit Capital and 7 other investors