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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 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.
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...
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.
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]
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. At the links below you'll find directories of companies started by historically underrepresented founders. For demographic data on our batches, visit our blog.
Find startup jobs at over 1,000 YC startups and connect with founders on Y Combinator. Engineering jobs, design jobs, marketing jobs, recruiting jobs and thousands more.
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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.
Frequently asked questions, including what happens at Y Combinator and should I apply to YC.
