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Our companies have a track record of becoming billion dollar companies. YC has funded 90+ billion dollar companies. 66% of those companies had YC as their first investor. YC companies have an average 15B market cap at the time of public exit, 3x higher than average.
Y Combinator Management, LLC (YC) is an American technology startup accelerator and venture capital firm launched in March 2005 which has been used to launch more than 4,000 companies. The accelerator program started in Boston and Mountain View , expanded to San Francisco in 2019, and was entirely online during the COVID-19 pandemic. [3]
Y Combinator provides a small amount of seed funding for startups. We work with startups on their ideas and help founders deal with investors and acquirers. We fund two batches of companies each year. Companies apply for the program by filling out an application form.
Subscribe for startup advice, founder stories, and a look inside Y Combinator. What is Y Combinator? We invest $500,000 in every startup and work intensively with the founders for three months.
To apply for the Y Combinator program, submit an application form. We accept companies twice a year in two batches. The program includes dinners every Tuesday, office hours with YC partners and access to the network of other YC founders.
Since 2005, we have invested in over 5,000 companies that have a combined valuation of over $600B. In this directory, you can search for YC companies by industry, region, company size, and more. To find jobs at these startups, visit Work at a Startup.
Discover the top companies in the YC community. We’ve funded over 5,000 startups since 2005, including many that have become household names. Here are the YC companies with the highest revenue in 2023. Learn more See all companies Find startup jobs. Top by Revenue Public Exits.
YC’s Standard Deal. We have a standard deal for every company that is accepted to Y Combinator. We invest $500,000, and our investment gives YC 7% of your company plus an incremental equity amount that will be fixed when you raise money from other investors.
Garry Tan. President & CEO. Garry Tan is President and CEO of Y Combinator. He was a partner at Y Combinator from 2011 to 2015, where he built key parts of the YC experience for founders including Bookface and the Demo Day website.
Dec 21, 2021 · The clubbiness of the Y Combinator community has helped fuel a culture war where those cosseted founders and their enablers—entrepreneurs, investors, and tech cheerleaders in general—see ...
