"Venture capital is filled with investors who claim they've got inside access to the next big thing. Meanwhile, Gabriel Jarrosson, a French engineer-turned-YouTuber-turned-investor, has built his VC firm around a single filter: if it isn't a Y Combinator company, he won't invest in it. That discipline pushed Jarrosson from filming scrappy venture explainers in Paris to managing more than $12 million in assets at Lobster Capital, with a larger second fund already in the works, according to recent SEC filings."
"In 2017, frustrated by the lack of access to promising French startups, Jarrosson launched a YouTube channel to share his investment journey in French. The channel grew a loyal following, evolved into one of Europe's largest angel syndicates, and since 2020 has deployed $36 million into startups, mostly YC alumni. That track record paved the way for Lobster Capital, which closed its debut fund at $12 million, surpassing its $8 million target."
Gabriel Jarrosson is a French engineer-turned-YouTuber-turned-investor who founded Lobster Capital and manages over $12 million in assets, with a second fund in development. Jarrosson launched a YouTube channel in 2017 to document his investment journey and built one of Europe's largest angel syndicates. Since 2020 the syndicate has deployed $36 million, primarily into Y Combinator alumni. Jarrosson restricts investments to YC companies based on probability metrics: YC companies show higher unicorn and Series A rates, have produced more than 90 unicorns, and often justify paying higher seed-stage valuations.
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