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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.

Milestones

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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 Ridejoy. (1/25/12)
  Posted 2/6/12 at 4:59am 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
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  Start Fund invested in Science Exchange. (12/2/11)
  Posted 12/18/11 at 12:29pm via techcrunch.com
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  Start Fund invested in MinoMonsters. (11/10/11)
  Posted 11/10/11 at 9:39am via techcrunch.com
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  Start Fund invested in Comprehend Systems. (11/8/11)
  Posted 11/8/11 at 8:42pm via comprehend.com
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  Start Fund invested in Kicksend. (11/3/11)
  Posted 11/3/11 at 5:58pm via techcrunch.com
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  Start Fund invested in Parse. (8/4/11)
  Posted 8/18/11 at 11:44pm via techcrunch.com
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  Start Fund invested in ZeroCater. (8/10/11)
  Posted 8/10/11 at 6:29pm via techcrunch.com
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  Start Fund invested in BakedCode. (6/13/11)
  Posted 7/20/11 at 10:12pm via techcrunch.com
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  Start Fund invested in drchrono. (7/14/11)
  Posted 7/14/11 at 4:57pm via techcrunch.com
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  Start Fund invested in MemSQL. (3/1/11)
  Posted 7/11/11 at 5:38pm
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  Start Fund invested in MongoHQ. (6/24/11)
  Posted 6/24/11 at 6:25pm via techcrunch.com
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  Start Fund invested in Earbits. (6/17/11)
  Posted 6/19/11 at 5:46pm via techcrunch.com

Investments

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1. Start Fund Raises First Round, Totaling Nearly $6.5 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. Scan Gets $1.7M From Google Ventures And Shervin Pishevar To Make QR Codes Actually Useful (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. Y Combinator Alum DoubleRecall Nabs $1.6 Million To Give Brands An Alternative To Paywalls (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. Accel, SV Angel, Y Combinator Put $1.5M In Online Bank Payments Platform GoCardless (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. Verbling Raises $1M To Link Up Language Learners Through Video Chat (techcrunch.com) [edit]
6. Social Ridesharing Startup Ridejoy Raises $1.3M From Freestyle Capital, Lerer Ventures And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
7. Science Exchange’s Marketplace For Research Facilities Gets A $1.5 Million Boost (techcrunch.com) [edit]
8. MinoMonsters Nabs $1 Million From Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, And More For Mobile Monster Battles (techcrunch.com) [edit]
9. Comprehend Systems Closes $1.2M in Seed Funding (comprehend.com) [edit]
10. Kicksend Grabs $1.8 Million From True Ventures, SV Angel & More For Dead Simple File Sharing (techcrunch.com) [edit]
11. ZeroCater Raises $1.5 Million For No-Hassle Office Lunches (techcrunch.com) [edit]
12. YC-Funded Parse: A Heroku For Mobile Apps (techcrunch.com) [edit]
13. drchrono Raises Funding To Bring Medical Records To The iPad (techcrunch.com) [edit]
14. MongoHQ Raises $417K From Y Combinator, Lerer And SV Angel (techcrunch.com) [edit]
15. Earbits Snags $605K From Y Combinator, Charles River Ventures And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
16. YC-Funded Interstate Plots Your Development Progress On The Map (techcrunch.com) [edit]
17. Stealth Startup Inporia Raises $1.25 Million From Ron Conway, 500 Startups And More (techcrunch.com) [edit]
18. Investors Cough Up $1.6 Million To Dine With Grubwithus, The Brilliant Social Dining Service (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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21. SwipeGood Raises $500K From Michael Birch And Others To Allow You To Donate With Each Purchase (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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