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The best written advice. YC founders get to benefit from our collective experience funding 5000 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.
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. Companies apply for the program by filling out an application form.
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]
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.
Since 2005, we have invested in over 5,000 companies that have a combined valuation of over $600B. 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.
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.
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...
Twice a year Y Combinator takes applications for funding. I thought it might help applicants if I explained what we look for when we read them. Probably the biggest thing people don’t understand about the process is the importance of expressing yourself clearly.
The top Y Combinator companies of all time by revenue.
Frequently asked questions, including what happens at Y Combinator and should I apply to YC.
