# Kulveer Taggar

> Kulveer Taggar is a British entrepreneur and investor based in San Francisco. He co-founded Auctomatic, acquired by Live Current Media in 2008, and was co-founder and CEO of Zeus Living, which he describes selling to Blueground in 2023. He founded Phosphor Capital in 2024 to back early-stage Y Combinator companies and joined Y Combinator as a visiting partner in 2026.

- **Role:** Founder at Phosphor Capital; Visiting Partner at Y Combinator
- **Organizations:** Phosphor Capital, Y Combinator, Zeus Living, Auctomatic, Boso, Status, Deutsche Bank, Oxford Entrepreneurs
- **Nationality:** British
- **Education:** Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Oxford
- **Known for:** Co-founded Auctomatic, acquired by Live Current Media in 2008 for a reported $5 million., Built Zeus Living’s furnished-housing business; the company reported 5,000 curated homes in 96 cities in October 2021., Founded Phosphor Capital, which announced $34 million raised and invested in July 2025.

## Career timeline

- **2005** — Graduated from Oxford in June and joined Deutsche Bank in August; had served as president of Oxford Entrepreneurs and started student marketplace Boso.
- **2006** — Left Deutsche Bank after six months to work on his startup full-time.
- **2007** — Moved to Silicon Valley and participated in Y Combinator Winter 2007 with the business that became Auctomatic.
- **2008** — Live Current Media acquired Auctomatic in a deal reported at $5 million.
- **2011** — Participated in Y Combinator Summer 2011 with the company lineage later listed as Zeus; the furnished-housing service began in 2015.
- **2015** — Started working on Zeus housing in September, after work on Status.
- **2016** — Introduced Zeus publicly in August with 24 properties.
- **2019** — Zeus announced a $55 million Series B including Airbnb and reported over 2,000 homes.
- **2020** — Delivered Scaling with Purpose at Stanford on February 5, discussing long-term thinking and concrete tradeoffs in company values.
- **2021** — Zeus raised a further $55 million led by SIG and reported 5,000 curated homes in 96 cities.
- **2023** — Zeus wound down operations amid financial difficulty. Taggar describes a sale to Blueground that year; YC lists Zeus as acquired.
- **2024** — Launched Phosphor Capital in January, focused on early-stage YC companies.
- **2025** — Phosphor publicly announced $34 million raised and invested; named Reducto, Circleback and Gumloop among portfolio companies.
- **2026** — Joined YC as a visiting partner for the Spring 2026 batch; by October YC listed him as primary partner for Fall 2026 company RATLOG.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Auctomatic, acquired by Live Current Media in 2008 for a reported $5 million.
- Built Zeus Living’s furnished-housing business; the company reported 5,000 curated homes in 96 cities in October 2021.
- Founded Phosphor Capital, which announced $34 million raised and invested in July 2025.
- Became a visiting partner at Y Combinator in 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — YC’s public directory lists Kulveer Taggar as primary partner for RATLOG, a Fall 2026 reusable rocket startup.
- **2026-04** — Announced joining Y Combinator as visiting partner for Spring 2026, helping Tom Blomfield’s pod; said he would pause new investments during that focus while continuing to support existing founders.
- **2025-07** — Phosphor announced $34 million raised and invested; the firm’s website separately identifies its January 2024 launch with a $17 million first fund.

## Links

- Website: https://www.kulveertaggar.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kulveer
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/kul

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