Ivan Kirigin
Solo GPOpen Angel, Bloomberg Beta
Pre-seed AI and robotics fund manager
San Francisco, CA$100K checks
Pre-SeedSeed
AIDeveloper ToolsInfrastructureRoboticsEnterprise SaaS
Background
Ivan Kirigin is a Bloomberg Beta Open Angel and founder of Tango.vc, an early-stage fund writing $100K checks into pre-seed and seed AI, ML, and robotics companies. He previously worked at Dropbox (helping scale from 4M to 100M users), founded YesGraph (YC W15, acquired by Lyft), and built ML systems at Lyft to automate a $250M marketing budget. He had a background in robotics at iRobot. Roy Bahat of Bloomberg Beta was an anchor LP in Tango.vc Fund III.
Investment Thesis
Backing technical founders at pre-seed building AI, ML, and robotics products where deep engineering insight gives sourcing and diligence edge.
Investment Focus
Stages
Pre-SeedSeed
Typical check: $100K
Sectors
AIDeveloper ToolsInfrastructureRoboticsEnterprise SaaS
Based in: San Francisco, CA (North America)
Last updated: Jun 11, 2026