Ycombinator


 * [[image:ycombinator_ca.png align="right"]]Ycombinator.** Mountain View, CA
 * Name:** Y Combinator, __ [] __
 * Date Founded:** 2005
 * City:** Mountain View
 * Address:** 320 Pioneer Way, Mountain View, CA 94041 (map)
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 * Investment & Equity:** We usually invest $11,000 + $3000n, where n is the number of participating founders, up to 3 (i.e. 2 founders get $17,000, 3 or more get $20,000), in return for between 2% and 10% of the company. The average is 7%.


 * First Class:** 2005
 * Notable Graduates:** Reddit (acquired by Conde Nast), Loopt, Posterous
 * Founded by:** Trevor Blackwell, Paul Buchheit, Paul Graham, Jessica Livingston, Robert Morris, Harj Taggar

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1. About the program 2. Resources 3. News 4. Mentors 5. Advisors 6. Startups graduated 7. Pictures 8. Comments
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In 2005, Y Combinator developed a new model of startup funding. Twice a year we invest a small amount of money (average $18k) in a large number of startups (currently 63). The startups move to Silicon Valley for 3 months, during which we work intensively with them to get the company into the best possible shape and refine their pitch to investors. Each cycle culminates in [|Demo Day], when the startups present to a large audience of investors. But YC doesn't end on Demo Day. We and the YC alumni network continue to help founders for the life of their company, and beyond.
 * ** 1. About the program **

Since 2005 Y Combinator has funded over 300 startups, including [|Loopt], [|Reddit] , [|Clustrix] , [|Wufoo] , [|Scribd] , [|Xobni] , [|Weebly] , [|Songkick] , [|Disqus] , [|Dropbox] , [|ZumoDrive] , [|Justin.tv] , [|Heroku] , [|Posterous] , [|Airbnb] , [|Heyzap] , [|Cloudkick] , [|DailyBooth] , [|WePay] , and [|Bump]. || media type="custom" key="10226901" ||

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 * 2. Resources **

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Example of a successful application: [|Dropbox's summer 2007 application].

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 * 3. News **
 * 4. Mentors **
 * 5. Advisors **
 * 6. Startups graduated **

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 * 7. Pictures **

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 * 8. Comments **