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Y Combinator

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Y Combinator is a venture fund which focuses on seed investments to startup companies. It offers financing as well as business consulting along with other opportunities to 2-4 person companies looking to take an idea to a product. Y Combinator looks for companies with “good” ideas over companies with experience and a business model. The company made its first investments in Summer 2005.

Y Combinator selects companies to finance and consult with twice a year. They are located in Mountain View, CA. Companies that they decide to fund generally receive $5,000 plus an additional $5,000 per founder and are required to relocate to Y Combinator’s destination for the following three months. In return, Y Combinator asks for 2-10% ownership, generally considered fairly steep considering the small investment. However, Y Combinator argues that this seed money and mentorship is crucial to for the success of small startups.

Y Combinator continues to grow, with a stated target of 60 funded companies for the Winter 2010 session.

Successful exits by Y Combinator funded companies include Reddit, Omnisio and Zenter. Other successful companies that went through Y Combinator include Loopt, Justin.tv, Weebly and Scribd.

Near the end of each session, companies pitch their products on “Demo Day” to investors in hopes of receiving further funding.

Coverage of Previous Demo Days:

• Summer ‘09
• Winter ‘09
• Winter ‘08
• Summer ‘07
• Winter ‘07

Milestones

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• Invested in FanChatter. (6/1/09)
  Posted 8/1/09 at 3:39pm
• Invested in Bump Technologies. (6/1/09)
  Posted 7/8/09 at 5:09pm
• Invested in RethinkDB. (6/1/09)
  Posted 7/28/09 at 4:47pm
• Invested in Listia. (6/09)
  Posted 8/5/09 at 2:32am
• Invested in Directed Edge. (6/1/09)
  Posted 8/6/09 at 1:15am
• Invested in GraffitiGeo. (6/1/09)
  Posted 8/14/09 at 8:41am
• Invested in Highlightcam. (6/1/09)
  Posted 7/28/09 at 10:19pm
• Received $2M in Unattributed funding. (3/16/09)
  Posted 10/26/09 at 12:07pm
• Invested in ReMail. (1/1/09)
  Posted 5/11/09 at 1:31pm
• Invested in FathomDB. (1/1/09)
  Posted 3/16/09 at 8:15pm
• Invested in CloudKick. (1/1/09)
  Posted 3/16/09 at 7:00pm
• Invested in Voxli. (1/1/09)
  Posted 3/9/09 at 1:48pm
• Invested in Echodio. (1/1/09)
  Posted 3/17/09 at 5:19pm
• Invested in Foodoro. (1/1/09)
  Posted 3/16/09 at 9:27am
• Invested in SocialBrowse. (10/08)
  Posted 3/16/09 at 8:17pm
• Invested in WebMynd. (9/1/08)
  Posted 1/27/08 at 11:47pm
• Invested in Scoopler. (7/08)
  Posted 5/6/09 at 5:46pm
• Invested in Anyvite. (6/08)
  Posted 7/1/08 at 3:14pm
• Invested in startuply. (6/08)
  Posted 7/19/08 at 4:31pm
• Invested in Snipd. (6/08)
  Posted 8/14/08 at 11:06am
• Invested in Frogmetrics. (6/1/08)
  Posted 8/14/08 at 11:03am
• Invested in slinkset. (6/08)
  Posted 11/11/08 at 9:55pm
• Invested in BackType. (6/08)
  Posted 8/14/08 at 11:09am
• Invested in Poll Everywhere. (5/28/08)
  Posted 8/27/08 at 4:47pm
• Invested in Posterous. (5/08)
  Posted 6/28/08 at 1:04pm
• Robert Morris, Partner added.
  Posted 2/21/08 at 3:02pm
• Jessica Livingston, Partner added.
  Posted 2/21/08 at 3:02pm
• Trevor Blackwell, Partner added.
  Posted 2/21/08 at 3:02pm
• Paul Graham, Partner added.
  Posted 2/21/08 at 3:02pm
• Invested in BaseShield. (1/08)
  Posted 3/14/08 at 10:54am
• Invested in Addmired. (1/1/08)
  Posted 2/13/08 at 10:48pm
• Invested in MightyQuiz. (1/08)
  Posted 3/10/08 at 9:28am
• Invested in Mixwit. (1/08)
  Posted 3/14/08 at 10:57am
• Invested in Snaptalent. (1/08)
  Posted 3/12/08 at 5:00pm
• Invested in Omnisio. (1/08)
  Posted 3/14/08 at 10:52am
• Invested in Tipjoy. (1/1/08)
  Posted 2/10/08 at 2:09pm
• Invested in Joberator. (1/08)
  Posted 3/14/08 at 11:02am
• Invested in Insoshi. (1/08)
  Posted 3/14/08 at 10:56am
• Invested in Deluux. (1/08)
  Posted 3/14/08 at 10:59am
• Invested in YumDots. (1/08)
  Posted 3/14/08 at 11:03am
• Invested in Heroku. (1/08)
  Posted 2/8/08 at 12:06am
• Invested in Wundrbar. (1/08)
  Posted 3/14/08 at 11:00am
• Invested in 8aweek. (1/1/08)
  Posted 2/14/08 at 11:31pm
• Invested in 280 North. (1/08)
  Posted 3/14/08 at 11:05am
• Invested in Kirkland North. (1/08)
  Posted 3/14/08 at 11:01am
• Invested in Chatterous. (1/08)
  Posted 3/7/08 at 7:10pm
• Invested in RescueTime. (10/14/07)
  Posted 11/15/07 at 3:07am
• Invested in Clickpass. (6/1/07)
  Posted 3/11/08 at 12:04am
• Invested in Habit Industries. (6/1/07)
  Posted 8/17/07 at 4:53am
• Invested in Adpinion. (6/1/07)
  Posted 8/17/07 at 4:32am
• Invested in Dropbox. (6/1/07)
  Posted 8/17/07 at 4:29am
• Invested in Bountii. (6/07)
  Posted 12/25/07 at 2:08am
• Invested in DraftMix. (6/07)
  Posted 11/3/07 at 3:21am
• Invested in DISQUS. (6/07)
  Posted 11/1/07 at 3:44pm
• Invested in Songkick. (6/07)
  Posted 10/31/07 at 4:56am
• Invested in Splashup. (6/1/07)
  Posted 8/17/07 at 4:44am
• Invested in Reble. (6/07)
  Posted 3/14/08 at 10:10pm
• Invested in Biographicon. (6/07)
  Posted 3/1/08 at 5:10pm
• Invested in Cloudant. (6/1/07)
  Posted 8/17/07 at 4:46am
• Invested in Zecter. (6/07)
  Posted 5/23/08 at 9:27pm
• Invested in Anywhere.FM. (6/1/07)
  Posted 8/17/07 at 4:26am
• Invested in Justin.TV. (5/1/07)
  Posted 1/17/08 at 11:35am
• Invested in Heysan. (1/25/07)
  Posted 9/3/08 at 1:15pm
• Invested in Buxfer. (1/07)
  Posted 7/31/07 at 3:02am
• Invested in tsumobi. (1/07)
  Posted 3/14/08 at 12:38pm
• Invested in writewith. (1/07)
  Posted 3/14/08 at 12:46pm
• Invested in Socialmoth. (1/07)
  Posted 3/14/08 at 12:48pm
• Invested in Inkling. (1/1/07)
  Posted 2/21/08 at 5:16pm
• Invested in Whitenoise Networks. (1/07)
  Posted 3/14/08 at 12:41pm
• Invested in Auctomatic. (1/07)
  Posted 3/14/08 at 12:25pm
• Invested in Snipshot. (1/07)
  Posted 3/14/08 at 12:53pm
• Invested in Zenter. (1/07)
  Posted 3/14/08 at 12:29pm
• Invested in Virtualmin. (1/07)
  Posted 3/14/08 at 12:33pm
• Invested in Octopart. (1/07)
  Posted 3/14/08 at 12:35pm
• Invested in Weebly. (1/07)
  Posted 3/14/08 at 12:27pm
• Invested in Xobni. (11/06)
  Posted 2/5/08 at 2:44pm
• Invested in Xobni. (6/06)
  Posted 2/5/08 at 2:44pm
• Invested in Scribd. (6/1/06)
  Posted 6/1/07 at 11:36pm
• Invested in Jamglue. (5/06)
  Posted 10/23/08 at 6:42pm
• Invested in Infinity Box . (4/1/06)
  Posted 2/5/08 at 2:44pm
• Invested in Infinity Box . (1/1/06)
  Posted 2/5/08 at 2:44pm
• Invested in Clustrix. (1/1/06)
  Posted 3/16/09 at 9:25am
• Invested in YouOS. (1/1/06)
  Posted 11/25/07 at 4:20am
• Invested in TextPayMe. (12/1/05)
  Posted 7/31/07 at 10:26pm
• Invested in Reddit. (6/05)
  Posted 7/30/07 at 11:46pm
• Invested in Loopt. (6/1/05)
  Posted 11/12/07 at 2:06am

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1. YC-Funded Directed Edge Sees A Post-Search Web Where Recommendations Rule (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. YC-Funded GraffitiGeo: Foursquare Meets Yelp, With A Dash Of Augmented Reality (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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4. YC-Funded FanChatter Takes Social Media To The Ball Game (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. YC-Funded HighlightCam Makes It Easy To Remotely Watch Babies, Pets And Burglars (techcrunch.com) [edit]
6. RethinkDB – A New Kind of Database (rethinkdb.com) [edit]
7. Y Combinator Endorses Bump Technologies In The Quest To Destroy The Business Card (techcrunch.com) [edit]
8. oxli launches beta for online gaming audio c (games.venturebeat.com) [edit]
9. Y Combinator’s ReMail Finally Brings Full-Text Email Search To The iPhone (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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