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Y Combinator?
We give startups a disproportionate advantage.
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funded startups
$600B
combined valuation

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The Standard Deal
When a company is accepted into the YC batch program, we invest a total of
$500,000.
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We help foundersmake something people want and the results speak for themselves.
We help founders at their earliest stages regardless of their age.
 * 54%of YC's billion dollar companies had no revenue when they applied
 * 52%of YC's billion dollar company founders were under 28 years old and the
   oldest founder was in their 50s
 * 42%of YC's billion dollar companies applied with only an idea

We improve the success rate of our startups.
 * 39%of YC companies have raised a Series A
 * 18%of YC companies are valued at$100M+
 * 4%of YC companies have becomebillion dollarcompanies

We give startups a huge fundraising advantage.
 * YC companies have raised money at2.5x higher valuationafter participating in
   the program
 * The median YC company raises$1.3M+ at $14M valuation capafter participating
   in the program
 * The top 10% of YC companies raise$1.8M+ at $20M valuation capafter
   participating in the program

Our companies have a track record of becoming billion dollar companies.
 * YC has funded90+billion dollar companies
 * 66%of those companies had YC as their first investor
 * YC companies have an average15Bmarket cap at the time of public exit,3x
   higherthan average

Our formula for success.

YC is run by startup founders who have built exactly what they wanted when
starting and growing a startup.
The most experienced partners
Each founder is assigned a dedicated group partner who has mentored hundreds of
YC companies. They have more data on what it takes to build a successful startup
than any other early stage startup advisor. These group partners read
applications, interview companies, and mentor startups throughout the batch. You
can access them in person, over email, and on Slack.
Investor network
YC companies have raised $85 billion dollars from the best investors in the
world. Our founders have access to the YC Investor Database which has profiles
and reviews for more than 50,000 startup investors.
Private social network only for founders
YC founders get to benefit from the collective wisdom of over 9000 YC alumni.
They can access these alums through Bookface, our private social network. We
have a forum for asking questions to the community, a founder directory for
finding specific people who can provide advice and intros, and a company
directory for finding potential customers.
Exclusive deals
YC founders have access to over 1000 deals from leading software companies.
Every YC company gets free credits or significant discounts on hosting, banking,
cap table management, back office, and much more. Companies report these deals
to be worth in excess of $500,000.
The best written advice
YC founders get to benefit from our collective experience funding 4000 companies
across almost 20 years. We have extensive documentation for common questions
about fundraising, go to market, sales, product market fit, mental health,
hiring, and much more.
Networks to build your team
Through Work at a Startup and HN, we help our founders hire the small number of
early engineers and other team members critical to finding product market fit.
At any given time there are 150,000+ candidates searching for jobs at early
stage YC companies.
We put founders' interests first.
We don’t take a board seat.
We don’t demand 20% of your company.
We don’t take weeks/months to decide to invest.
We don’t charge fees.
We don’t require decks, business plans, or MBAs.
We don't tell you what to do. We only offer advice.

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companies a lot, and the YC community is a huge asset for the companies that go
through the program."
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Founder, SV Angel
"At YC, we were challenged to do things that don't scale – to start with the
perfect experience for one person, then work backwards and scale it to 100
people who love us. This was the best piece of advice we've ever received."
Brian Chesky,
Founder, Airbnb (YC W09)
"I doubt that Stripe would have worked without YC. It's that simple. Acquiring
early customers, figuring out who to hire, closing deals with banks, raising
money – YC's partners were closely involved and crucially helpful."
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