Y Combinator
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Overview
What they do
Y Combinator is a startup accelerator that invests in a large number of startups twice a year. It created a new model for funding startups. Twice a year, the company invests a small amount of money ($150k) in a large number of startups. The startup accelerator works intensively with the companies for three months, to get them into the best possible shape and refine their pitch to investors. Each cycle culminates in Demo Day when the startups present their companies to a carefully selected, invite-only audience.
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What they look for
The overall goal of YC is to help startups really take off. They arrive at YC at all different stages. Some haven't even started working yet, and others have been launched for a year or more. We fund companies with no revenue, product, or fully baked idea.
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Stage
Ideation, Pre-seed, Seed
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Sectors
Consumer, Edtech, SaaS, Healthcare
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Based
San Francisco, US
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Sources
2026-08-28ycombinator.comIn 2005, Y Combinator developed a new model of startup funding. Four times a year we invest…
2026-08-28ycombinator.comThe overall goal of YC is to help startups really take off. They arrive at YC at all different…
2026-08-28ycombinator.comA list of companies YC has funded across many verticals including hardware, edtech, biotech…
2026-08-28ycombinator.comOur $500K investment is made on 2 separate SAFEs at the same time, with an accompanying YC…
2026-08-28ycombinator.comApply to Y Combinator. Y Combinator is accepting applications for the Fall 2026 Batch funding…
Portfolio, cheque size and the rest
The 13 companies they have backed that we can see, the cheque they write, and whether they are deploying right now.
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