# Yan-David Erlich

> Yan-David 'Yanda' Erlich is a General Partner and Head of Tech Investment Practice at B Capital Group, a multistage global venture firm. A four-time venture-backed founder and CEO, he brings an unusual combination of operator depth and investor acuity: he scaled Weights & Biases from $3M to $50M ARR as COO/CRO before joining B Capital in January 2025, and previously built the enterprise venture practice at Coatue Management. His personal angel investment in Weights & Biases achieved 55x DPI. He focuses on AI co-workers, ML infrastructure, and B2B AI applications, with checks ranging from $5M to $50M.

- **Role:** General Partner at B Capital Group
- **Organizations:** B Capital Group, Weights & Biases, Parsable, Coatue Management, Google, Microsoft
- **From:** Paris, France
- **Nationality:** French-American
- **Education:** BS Computer Science; BS Electrical & Computer Engineering (Phi Beta Kappa), Rice University, MBA (Arjay Miller Scholar), Stanford Graduate School of Business
- **Known for:** Four-time venture-backed founder and CEO with two successful exits (Mogad to iSkoot/Qualcomm; ChoiceVendor to LinkedIn pre-IPO), Scaled Weights & Biases from $3M to $50M ARR as COO/CRO in under 4 years, Grew Weights & Biases enterprise customer base from zero to 800+ including Meta, Samsung, NVIDIA, and OpenAI

## Career timeline

- **pre-2005** — Software engineering and product management at Google and Microsoft
- **2005** — MBA from Stanford GSB (Arjay Miller Scholar)
- **2007** — Founded Mogad; acquired by iSkoot (Qualcomm division) in 2008
- **2008** — Founded ChoiceVendor; acquired by LinkedIn pre-IPO in 2010
- **2011** — Founded AI assistant startup; ultimately shut down - 'the tech wasn't there'
- **2013** — Co-founded Parsable to digitize industrial workflows; served as CEO
- **2017** — Transitioned from CEO of Parsable; joined Coatue Management as General Partner
- **2017-2021** — Built enterprise venture practice at Coatue; led early investments in Weights & Biases, Covariant, Abacus.AI, Infinitus, Impira, Raycast
- **2021** — Joined Weights & Biases as COO and CRO
- **2021-2025** — Scaled Weights & Biases from $3M to $50M ARR, grew enterprise customers from 0 to 800+ (Meta, Samsung, NVIDIA, OpenAI)
- **2024** — Parsable acquired by Computer Associates International (CAI)
- **2025-01** — Weights & Biases acquired by CoreWeave
- **2025-01** — Joined B Capital Group as General Partner, Head of Tech Investment Practice
- **2025** — Led B Capital investments in Writer, Poolside, and Axiom

## Achievements

- Four-time venture-backed founder and CEO with two successful exits (Mogad to iSkoot/Qualcomm; ChoiceVendor to LinkedIn pre-IPO)
- Scaled Weights & Biases from $3M to $50M ARR as COO/CRO in under 4 years
- Grew Weights & Biases enterprise customer base from zero to 800+ including Meta, Samsung, NVIDIA, and OpenAI
- Personal angel investment in Weights & Biases achieved 55x DPI
- Deployed over $350 million into AI ventures across B Capital, Coatue, and personal investments
- Built enterprise venture practice at Coatue Management; led first-stage $700M fund
- Arjay Miller Scholar at Stanford GSB (top 10% of MBA class)
- Phi Beta Kappa at Rice University
- Early backer of Weights & Biases, Covariant, Abacus.AI, and other now-prominent AI companies

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — Joined B Capital Group as General Partner, Head of Tech Investment Practice
- **2025-01** — Weights & Biases (his former employer and early investment) was acquired by CoreWeave
- **2025** — Led B Capital investments in AI companies Writer, Poolside, and Axiom
- **2024-09** — Parsable (company he co-founded in 2013) was acquired by Computer Associates International (CAI)

## Links

- Website: https://yanda.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yanda
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/yanda
- GitHub: https://github.com/yanda
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yandavid/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/bcapitalgroup

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Last updated: 2026-05-17