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Y Combinator
CA 00000
United States
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Industry
Recent investment activity
KANDO id: 85221
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American technology startup accelerator.Overview
Y Combinator (YC) is a startup accelerator program and investment fund that supports founders at every stage. Since 2005, over 3,500 companies have participated in the accelerator. Today, these companies have an aggregate valuation approaching $600B. DoorDash, Stripe, Segment, Coinbase, GitLab, and Brex have all come out of the Y Combinator accelerator program.
Funds managed
| Fund | Type | Vintage | Currency | Committed capital |
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| Y Combinator Continuity Affiliates Fund I LP | Venture | |||
| Y Combinator Continuity Fund I LP | Venture |
Funding rounds
Venture
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| Investor | Profile | Country | Notes | |
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Sequoia Capital Operations LLC (Sequoia) | Venture capital firm. | Follow-on investment. |
Venture
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Sequoia Capital Operations LLC (Sequoia) | Venture capital firm. | Initial investment. | |
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Aydin Senkut | Individual investor. | Initial investment. | |
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Paul Buchheit | Individual investor. | Initial investment. | |
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Ron Conway | Individual investor. | Initial investment. |
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Stage focus
Investment activity status
Active investor
Selected investments
Displaying 1 - 25 of 158| Company | Profile | Country | Date | Funding | ||
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10 By 10 | Unique marketplace in the recruiting agency industry. | Seed Initial investment | |||
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140Fire | Seed Initial investment | ||||
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1Build Inc | 1build helps builders win bids by converting blueprints into material shopping lists and cost estimates. | Pre Seed Initial investment (USD 150,000) | |||
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20n | Using AI to predict biochemistry for manufacturing and therapeutics. | Seed Initial investment led the round | |||
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280 North Inc | Seed Initial investment | ||||
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3dot | Company specializing in analyzing, advising, implementing and optimizing business processes in small to medium size companies. | Seed Initial investment led the round | |||
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42 Technologies | Analytics stack for omnichannel retailers and brands. | Seed | |||
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42 Technologies | Analytics stack for omnichannel retailers and brands. | Seed | |||
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42Floors Inc | Office space search engine. | Seed Initial investment | |||
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500friends Inc (500 Friends) | The best loyalty and retention marketing partner for CMOs. | Seed Initial investment | |||
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500friends Inc (500 Friends) | The best loyalty and retention marketing partner for CMOs. | Seed | |||
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54Gene | Seed Initial investment | ||||
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9GAG Inc | Make the world happier. | Seed Initial investment | |||
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Aalo | Lego-like furniture for design geeks. | Seed Initial investment | |||
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Abalone Bio | We discover antibody drugs others can't. | Seed Initial investment | |||
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Adioso Inc | Seed Initial investment | ||||
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Afriex | Platform that provides instant, zero-fee transfers to Africans at home and in the diaspora. | Seed Follow-on investment | |||
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Afriex | Platform that provides instant, zero-fee transfers to Africans at home and in the diaspora. | Seed Initial investment led the round | |||
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Airbnb Inc | Peer-to-peer online room rental service. | Seed Initial investment 20,000 | |||
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Aqua Platform | Investment platform to allow individuals to invest in private equity funds without requiring them to have a ridiculously high net worth. | Seed Initial investment | |||
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Arc | Full-service finance platform for SaaS. | N/A Initial investment | |||
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Argonaut | Argonaut automatically generates the terraform, app deployment, and CI / CD configurations for infra and app deployments on your cloud. | Seed Initial investment | |||
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Ashby Inc | Recruitment startup. | N/A Initial investment |
| Company | Profile | Country | Date | Funding | ||
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1000memories (1000 memories) | 1000memories makes it easy to digitise and share photos and stories from the past. | Seed Initial investment Exited Trade sale |
| Company | Profile | Country | Date | Funding | ||
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99dresses Inc | Web site letting women trade clothing online. | Seed Initial investment Exited Write-off |
Team
Former team members
| Employee | Company | Position | ||
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| Sam Altman (founder) | OpenAI | |||
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Michael Seibel | Base Ventures | ||
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Garry Tan | Initialized Capital | ||
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Garry Tan | Initialized III LP |