Y Combinator

Y Combinator

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company_name = Y Combinator
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company_type = Limited liability company
foundation = 2005
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industry = Venture Capital
products = Investments
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homepage = [http://www.ycombinator.com/ www.ycombinator.com]
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Y Combinator is a seed-stage startup funding firm, started in 2005 by Paul Graham, Robert Morris, Trevor Blackwell, and Jessica Livingston. Y Combinator provides seed money, advice, and connections at two 3-month programs per year in Cambridge and Mountain View. In exchange, they take an average of about 6% of the company's equity [cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/21/business/businessspecial2/21startup.html?pagewanted=print|title=Running a Hatchery for Replicant Hackers|accessdate=2008-08-27|publisher=New York Times] . Unusual among startup funding firms, Y Combinator provides very little money—about $5000 + $5000 per founder [Cite web|url=http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/sep2007/sb20070926_620433.htm|title=Y Combinator Inspires Imitators|accessdate=2008-08-27|publisher=BusinessWeek] . This reflects Graham's conviction that between free software, dynamic languages, the web, and Moore's Law, the cost of founding a startup has greatly decreased [cite web|url=http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/oct2007/sb20071019_378998.htm?chan=technology_technology+index+page_top+stories|title=Planning for a Crush of Startups|accessdate=2008-08-27|publisher=BusinessWeek] .

As of January 2008, Y Combinator had funded 80 startups, the best known of which are reddit, Loopt, and Justin.tv. The number of startups funded in each cycle has been gradually increasing. The first cycle in summer 2005 had eight startups. In the summer 2007 cycle, there were 19.

Y Combinator was started after Graham gave a talk at his alma mater, Harvard (where he earned a PhD in Computer Science), which became, "How to Start a Startup". [ [http://www.paulgraham.com/start.html How to Start a Startup ] ] He suggested founders seek seed funding from "angel investors", preferably those who had made money in technology. He half-jokingly added "but not me", but, feeling guilty [cite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/money/20070718/b_ycombinator.art.htm|title=Hungry entrepreneurs eat up Y Combinator's help|publisher=USA Today|accessdate=2008-08-26] , he soon after organized Y Combinator to offer seed funding to startups.

Portfolio

Companies that have received funding from Y Combinator include:

References

External links

* [http://www.ycombinator.com/ Company website]


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