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Tyler Carrico

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Smart Money Rating: 98 out of 100

Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Derive Ventures (+1 more)

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Derive Ventures, Thayer Ventures
Title
Managing Partner & Co-Founder
Role
Managing partner
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Record updated 28 September 2026

About

Tyler Carrico currently serves as Managing Partner and focuses on investments and deployment strategy. Tyler joined Thayer in late 2017 at the launch of our first institutional fund and has played a core role in the continued growth of the Thayer platform. In 2022, he co-founded Thayer's Derive fund strategy which served as the foundation for our horizontal investment approach. Prior to Thayer Ventures, Tyler was an investment banking professional in BoA Merril Lynch's Tech, Media and Telecom group. He graduated from the University of Virginia and holds a Bachelor of Science from the McIntire School of Commerce.

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