# Kyle Harrison, General Partner

> Kyle Harrison, General Partner. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/kyle-harrison (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

San Francisco, US · Partner

# Kyle Harrison

General Partner

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** - none observed
- **Filings:** 1 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 5 +3 mentions

What this record rests on

- **Named in rounds** No round names them yet
- ✓ **On filings** 1 filing with a regulator
- **Linked to a firm** No firm on record
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Company raising **Sylva, Inc.** Director since 2023

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) · 1 May 2026 · 2h 28m Tech Earnings Recap, Beautiful Data Centers | Mike Isaac, Kyle Harrison, David Marcus, Turner Caldwell, Everette Taylor, Puneet Mehta & Justin Wexler, Alexander Embiricos With [Kyle Harrison](https://millionrounds.com/person/kyle-harrison) Mentions [David Marcus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-marcus)[Elon Musk](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elon-musk) About this episode (01:29) - Tech Earnings Quad Kill Recap (28:44) - Mike Isaac, a technology reporter at The New York Times and author of "Super Pumped," discussed his experiences covering high-profile tech trials, including the Apple vs. Samsung case and Mark Zuckerberg's testimony in the ZeniMax lawsuit. He… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) · 5 Aug 2025 · 3h 23m Apple Unleashes $100B Buyback, Palantir Crushes Earnings, OpenAI's New Open Source Model | Alex Albert, Scott Kupor, Kyle Harrison, Brielle Terry, Sean Henry, Andi Duro, Gabe Pereyra, Kareem Amin With [Alex Albert](https://millionrounds.com/person/alex-albert)[Kyle Harrison](https://millionrounds.com/person/kyle-harrison)[Scott Kupor](https://millionrounds.com/person/scott-kupor)[Sean Henry](https://millionrounds.com/person/sean-henry) Their book [Secrets of Sand Hill Road](https://millionrounds.com/person/scott-kupor#books) Mentions [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz)[Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) About this episode (00:31) - Timeline (02:06) - What Apple Should Do with $100B Share Buyback (22:29) - Palantir Blows Past Earnings Expectations (34:57) - OpenAI Releases Open Source Model (50:25) - Google Deepmind Genie 3 Reactions (56:01) - Timeline (01:02:02) - Jet Blue First Class Review… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Sourcery](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/sourcery) · 12 Apr 2024 · 46 min Kyle Harrison, GP at Contrary on Techno-Optimism, Talent Vortexes, & Writing “Investing 101” With [Kyle Harrison](https://millionrounds.com/person/kyle-harrison) About this episode In this episode, Molly O'Shea interviews Kyle Harrison, General Partner at Contrary and writer of the popular Investing 101 substack, discusses his career in venture capital and the focus of Contrary. Contrary is a VC fund that backs companies from seed to scale with an emphasis on talent and… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 5 Jun 2023 · 45 min 386. Finding Product Market Fit As a Venture Firm, How to Identify World-Class Founders Before Anyone Else, And Debating Whether or Not Venture Has Hit The Bottom (Kyle Harrison and Eric Tarczynski) With [Eric Tarczynski](https://millionrounds.com/person/eric-tarczynski)[Kyle Harrison](https://millionrounds.com/person/kyle-harrison) About this episode Kyle Harrison and Eric Tarczynski of Contrary Capital join Nate to discuss Finding Product Market Fit As a Venture Firm, How to Identify World-Class Founders Before Anyone Else, And Debating Whether or Not Venture Has Hit The Bottom. In this episode, we cover: The thesis and investment approach at… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 21 Oct 2022 · 49 min 20VC: Why 75% of Active Investors Will Disappear in the Next Few Years, The Death of "So So" Venture Firms is Coming, The Rise of Blackstone of Venture Firms and What That Does To Venture Returns, How the World of LPs is Broken and more with Kyle Harrison With [Kyle Harrison](https://millionrounds.com/person/kyle-harrison) Mentions [Coatue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management) About this episode Kyle Harrison is a General Partner @ Contrary and one of my favorite writers on the venture space with his blog, Investing 101 2.0. Before joining Contrary, Kyle worked in the ranks of some of the biggest and best names in venture, starting with a spell at TCV before moving to Coatue and making… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Kyle Harrison in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [Sourcery](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/sourcery) · 29 Apr 2026 · 1h 44m The Anduril Thesis Mentions [Kyle Harrison](https://millionrounds.com/person/kyle-harrison) About this episode Kyle Harrison (GP at Contrary, co-author of The Anduril Thesis) joins Molly O'Shea on Sourcery to unpack the 300-page book he just spent two years writing on the most counter-positioned company in defense. We go deep on a 100 years of military history, how Robert McNamara strangled America's… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 15 Jun 2023 · 8 min Investor Stories 300: Post Mortems (Eylath, Harrison, Pruden) Mentions [Alex Pruden](https://millionrounds.com/person/alex-pruden)[Kyle Harrison](https://millionrounds.com/person/kyle-harrison)[Nadav Eylath](https://millionrounds.com/person/nadav-eylath) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Nadav Eylath Kyle Harrison Alex Pruden Each investor discusses a portfolio company that did not survive and why it was that they failed. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran, General Partner of New Stack… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 25 May 2023 · 8 min Investor Stories 297: What's Next (Dockery, Tisch, Harrison) Mentions [David Tisch](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-tisch)[Catharine Dockery](https://millionrounds.com/person/catharine-dockery)[Kyle Harrison](https://millionrounds.com/person/kyle-harrison) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Catharine Dockery David Tisch Kyle Harrison Each investor discusses sectors, drivers and/or trends that may have significant impact in the future and are potentially positioned for outsized-returns. The host of… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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