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Start Fund

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Start Fund, created in January 2011, is a joint venture between Yuri Milner and SV Angel. The fund was created to invest in Y Combinator startups and made its first set of investments in January 2011.

Recent Milestones

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  Start Fund invested in Kamcord. (12/19/12)
  Posted 12/19/12 at 9:32pm via venturebeat.com
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  Start Fund invested in ZenPayroll. (12/12/12)
  Posted 12/12/12 at 3:47am via techcrunch.com
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  Start Fund invested in SmartThings. (12/4/12)
  Posted 12/4/12 at 8:56pm via techcrunch.com
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  Start Fund invested in Submittable. (11/10/12)
  Posted 11/10/12 at 4:12am via pandodaily.com
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  Start Fund invested in Perfect Audience. (10/5/12)
  Posted 10/4/12 at 9:16pm via techcrunch.com
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  Start Fund invested in ClassDojo. (8/15/12)
  Posted 8/15/12 at 5:57pm via techcrunch.com
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  Start Fund invested in Flutter. (6/7/12)
  Posted 6/7/12 at 8:05pm via techcrunch.com
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  Start Fund invested in viaCycle. (6/1/12)
  Posted 3/21/13 at 11:57am via techcrunch.com
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  Start Fund invested in Clever. (6/1/12)
  Posted 6/26/12 at 7:21pm via techcrunch.com
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  Start Fund invested in Priceonomics. (5/4/12)
  Posted 5/4/12 at 11:19am via techcrunch.com
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  Start Fund invested in LendUp. (4/20/12)
  Posted 4/24/12 at 1:44pm
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  Start Fund invested in MindSumo. (3/1/12)
  Posted 2/5/13 at 11:02am via gigaom.com
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  Start Fund invested in Scan. (2/23/12)
  Posted 2/23/12 at 1:45am via techcrunch.com
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  Start Fund invested in DoubleRecall. (2/13/12)
  Posted 2/13/12 at 3:01am via techcrunch.com
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  Start Fund invested in GoCardless. (2/7/12)
  Posted 2/7/12 at 6:48pm via techcrunch.com
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  Start Fund invested in Verbling. (1/26/12)
  Posted 1/26/12 at 3:09pm via techcrunch.com

Investments

Videos

Sources

Start Fund Raises First Round, Totaling Nearly $6.5 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
1. http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/19/mobile-game-recording-yc-alum-kamcord-raises-1-5-million-from-andreessen-horowitz-google-ventures-and-others/ (venturebeat.com) [edit]
2. ZenPayroll Launches Cloud-Based Payroll Service With $6.1M In Seed Funding From CEOs At Yammer, Box, Yelp And Dropbox (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. SmartThings Closes $3M Seed Round, Led By First Round Capital, Launches Competition To Grow Community Of Smart Object Developers (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. Submittable raises $750K to replace email (for real this time) (pandodaily.com) [edit]
5. Y Combinator-Backed Perfect Audience Makes Facebook Retargeting Easy (Even For Tech Bloggers), Raises $1.1M (techcrunch.com) [edit]
6. ClassDojo Lands $1.6M From Paul Graham, Ron Conway To Help Teachers Control Their Classrooms (techcrunch.com) [edit]
7. Y Combinator Alum Flutter Raises $1.4 Million For Gesture Recognition Tech (techcrunch.com) [edit]
8. YC-Backed viaCycle Is A Zipcar For Bikes (techcrunch.com) [edit]
9. Y Combinator-Backed Clever Launches A Twilio For Educational Data (techcrunch.com) [edit]
10. YC Price Guide Startup Priceonomics Raises $1.5M Seed From Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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12. Corporate America’s next creative consultants? College kids on MindSumo (gigaom.com) [edit]
13. Scan Gets $1.7M From Google Ventures And Shervin Pishevar To Make QR Codes Actually Useful (techcrunch.com) [edit]
14. Y Combinator Alum DoubleRecall Nabs $1.6 Million To Give Brands An Alternative To Paywalls (techcrunch.com) [edit]
15. Accel, SV Angel, Y Combinator Put $1.5M In Online Bank Payments Platform GoCardless (techcrunch.com) [edit]
16. Verbling Raises $1M To Link Up Language Learners Through Video Chat (techcrunch.com) [edit]
17. Social Ridesharing Startup Ridejoy Raises $1.3M From Freestyle Capital, Lerer Ventures And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
18. Science Exchange’s Marketplace For Research Facilities Gets A $1.5 Million Boost (techcrunch.com) [edit]
19. 42Floors Takes Commercial Real Estate Online (Because Searching For Office Space Sucks) (techcrunch.com) [edit]
20. MinoMonsters Nabs $1 Million From Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, And More For Mobile Monster Battles (techcrunch.com) [edit]
21. Comprehend Systems Closes $1.2M in Seed Funding (comprehend.com) [edit]
22. Kicksend Grabs $1.8 Million From True Ventures, SV Angel & More For Dead Simple File Sharing (techcrunch.com) [edit]
23. ZeroCater Raises $1.5 Million For No-Hassle Office Lunches (techcrunch.com) [edit]
24. YC-Funded Parse: A Heroku For Mobile Apps (techcrunch.com) [edit]
25. drchrono Raises Funding To Bring Medical Records To The iPad (techcrunch.com) [edit]
26. Y Combinator Alum MemSQL Raises $2.1 Million From Ashton Kutcher, SV Angel And More (techcrunch.com) [edit]
27. MongoHQ Raises $417K From Y Combinator, Lerer And SV Angel (techcrunch.com) [edit]
28. Earbits Snags $605K From Y Combinator, Charles River Ventures And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
29. YC-Funded Interstate Plots Your Development Progress On The Map (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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31. Stealth Startup Inporia Raises $1.25 Million From Ron Conway, 500 Startups And More (techcrunch.com) [edit]
32. Investors Cough Up $1.6 Million To Dine With Grubwithus, The Brilliant Social Dining Service (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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34. SwipeGood Raises $500K From Michael Birch And Others To Allow You To Donate With Each Purchase (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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