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Jyri Engeström

Partner & Co-Founder at Yes VC

Jyri Engeström is an early investor in Unity, Dapper Labs, Oura and many other successful companies. Together with his partner Caterina Fake he runs Yes VC, an early-stage firm based in San Francisco. Before starting Yes VC he founded two companies. The first one sold to Google, the second one to Groupon.

Sept. 26, 2023

Why founders should also be investors with Jyri Engeström from Yes VC

In this episode of the Understanding VC podcast, Jyri Engeström, Partner at Yes VC, makes the argument that startup founders should also be startup investors and he has created a deck on how to do it. You can find the …

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Nov. 29, 2021

Deep Dive: What you should know about early stage venture capital wit…

Deep Dive is a brand-new segment of Understanding VC where I explore discrete concepts related to venture capital with our guests. This episode is inspired by the remarkable deck that Jyri Engenstrom has created on the functioning of early-stage VCs, …

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