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Y Combinator operates additional programs and a fund designed to support and invest in startups which have already graduated from the main accelerator program. The Series A Program, YC Post-A Program, and YC Growth
Program are operated by the same team and focus on helping fast-growing YC startups,
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and $ 375,000 on an uncapped SAFE with a "most favored nation" ("MFN") provision (i.e.: "we get the same best terms you give anyone else in the next round"). Non-profits receive a $ 100,000 donation. The program includes "office hours", where startup founders meet individually and participate in
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In July 2015, Y Combinator introduced the YC Fellowship
Program, aimed at companies at an earlier stage than the main program. The first batch of YC Fellowship included 32 companies that received an equity-free grant instead of an investment. In January 2016, YC changed the program, with
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took part in Y Combinator's inaugural cohort in 2005 as a founder. In 2014, Paul Graham appointed him as
President. Altman introduced a revised equity offering of $ 150,000 for a 7% stake. Collaborations with Transcriptic and Bolt improved support for biotech and hardware startups.
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As of late 2023, Y Combinator had invested in over 4,000 companies, most of which are for-profit, holding a combined valuation of $ 600 billion. Non-profit organizations can also participate in the main YC program. Few non-profits have been accepted in the last years, among them
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glitch, all 15,000 startups that applied to the program were accepted, only to learn a few hours later that they had been rejected. In response to the ensuing outcry, Y Combinator's accepted all 15,000 companies involved in the incident. The same year,
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Michael Seibel for YC Continuity and YC Core programs, respectively. Startup School, introduced in 2017, provided startups with online courses and personalized coaching. More than 1500 startups graduated from the program in its first year.
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joined Y Combinator as a part-time partner in
January 2013 before becoming a full-time partner in 2014. In September 2013, Y Combinator began funding nonprofit organizations that were accepted into the program after testing the concept with
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assumed the positions of president and CEO, succeeding Geoff
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The Human
Advancement Research Community (HARC) project was set up with the "mission to ensure human wisdom exceeds human power". The project was inspired by a conversation between
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Nonprofit research lab YC Research was announced in
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and venture capital firm launched in March 2005 which has been used to launch more than 4,000 companies. The accelerator program started in
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business, etc. The program ends with "Demo Day", where startups present their business and technology prototypes to potential investors.
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was chair of HARC and was listed as an advisor in 2017. YC Research disaffiliated with Y Combinator and now operates as Open
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Y Combinator's program is designed to teach founders how to market their product, refine their teams and business models, achieve
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During 2017–2019, YC launched
Startup School, the Series A program, the YC Growth program, Work at a Startup, and YC China.
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participating companies receiving $ 20k investment for a 1.5 percent equity stake. The equity stake is structured as a
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Y Combinator interviews and selects two batches of companies per year. The companies receive a total of $ 500,000 in
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915:"Y Combinator's YC VC Will Replace The Start Fund; Includes Yuri Milner, Andreessen Horowitz But Offers Less Money"
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In October 2015, Y Combinator introduced the now-defunct YC Continuity Fund. The fund allowed Y Combinator to make
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In October 2015, YC introduced YC Research to fund long-term fundamental research. Altman donated $ 10m.
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investments in their alumni companies. The program was shut down, and staff were laid off in March 2023.
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as well as advice, and connections. The $ 500,000 in funding is made up of $ 125,000 on a post-money
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1308:"Y Combinator accepts 15,000 startups into its online school after software glitch causes confusion"
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2404:"Y Combinator Research launches Human Advancement Research Community, Alan Kay participating"
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was also announced. Another project is research on new cities. Australian quantum physicist
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In March 2019, it was reported that Y Combinator was moving headquarters to San Francisco.
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Global outreach became evident in 2016 as YC partners embarked on visits to 11 countries (
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was the first project undertaken by YC Research, and in January 2016 a second study on
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ecosystem (successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, etc.) speak to the founders.
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group meetings. Founders also participate in weekly meetups where guests from the
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1202:"YCombinator Is Coming To India This September; Here's Why You Should Be Excited"
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884:"Start Fund: Yuri Milner, SV Angel Offer EVERY New Y Combinator Startup $ 150k"
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In 2018, Y Combinator announced a new batch of startup schools. After a
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1594:"Y Combinator Names Venture Capitalist Garry Tan As Its Next President"
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822:"Y Combinator Closes New $ 8.25 Million Fund, Sequoia Is Lead Investor"
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Y Combinator has introduced additional programs since 2015, including:
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is looking to raise $ 2 billion in new capital in 2024 for YC itself.
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This article is about the company. For the mathematical concept, see
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1278:"1500+ startups graduate Y Combinator's first online Startup School"
1109:"Y Combinator's 'New Deal' for startups: More money, same 7% equity"
1034:"Y Combinator to Fund Non-Profit Startups with Charitable Donations"
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2064:"Sam Altman commits $ 10M to start Y Combinator research lab"
2004:"Y Combinator to End Late-Stage Startup Fund, Lays Off Staff"
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1625:"Garry Tan's return is a full circle moment for Y Combinator"
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1699:"Y Combinator's Chief Startup Whisperer Is Demoting Himself"
1338:"Startup School: Every Company that Applied is Now Accepted"
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from the original on January 13, 2024 – via Fortune.
1247:"Y Combinator names new leaders as it changes shape again"
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In March 2024, Seibel stepped down as managing director.
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791:"Y Combinator Gets The Sequoia Capital Seal Of Approval"
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talking about Prototype Day at Y Combinator Summer 2009
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1394:"Y Combinator is launching a startup program in China"
946:"Reddit Cofounder Alexis Ohanian To Join Y Combinator"
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succeeded Altman as Y Combinator's President in 2019.
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pandemic. Companies started via Y Combinator include
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465:that converts into shares only if a company has an
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1727:"Y Combinator Is Raising Billions In New Funding"
617:"Y Combinator's first batch: where are they now?"
312:and Harj Taggar were named partners in November.
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4310:Financial services companies based in California
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491:is a research fellow at YC Research since 2017.
304:Advisory roles were assumed by Harj Taggar and
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199:in 2019, and was entirely online during the
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673:"The next generation of startups is remote"
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3998:Private investment in public equity (PIPE)
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1245:Schubarth, Cromwell (September 13, 2016).
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1367:Schleifer, Theodore (February 27, 2019).
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4295:Business incubators of the United States
3498:Business incubators of the United States
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1623:Mascarenhas, Natasha (August 29, 2022).
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979:. Y Combinator Posterous. Archived from
944:Arrington, Michael (September 1, 2010).
703:"Y Combinator Top Companies List – 2019"
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2301:from the original on September 18, 2018
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1549:from the original on September 15, 2022
1537:Mascarenhas, Natasha (August 2, 2022).
882:Arrington, Michael (January 28, 2011).
832:from the original on September 15, 2018
801:from the original on September 19, 2012
652:from the original on September 30, 2023
615:Jackson, Christopher (August 5, 2012).
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1140:"Transcriptic for YC biotech startups"
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1958:from the original on January 29, 2016
1928:from the original on October 17, 2018
1788:from the original on January 16, 2022
1674:Mathews, Jessica (January 12, 2024).
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1318:from the original on August 22, 2018
1212:from the original on August 17, 2016
1044:from the original on October 6, 2014
1013:from the original on August 12, 2020
576:Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator
300:Former headquarters in Mountain View
3598:Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse
2459:. November 26, 2017. Archived from
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3593:New Jersey Institute of Technology
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2135:from the original on June 11, 2016
2125:"YCR is a non-profit research lab"
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1819:from the original on March 3, 2020
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1506:Seibel, Michael (April 20, 2020).
1461:from the original on June 17, 2019
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1348:from the original on June 17, 2020
1200:Modgil, Shweta (August 16, 2016).
1077:Graham, Paul (February 21, 2014).
975:Graham, Paul (November 12, 2010).
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4325:2005 establishments in California
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2515:from the original on May 19, 2022
2291:"YC Will Now Fund Nonprofits Too"
2242:Kawamoto, Dawn (March 11, 2019).
2093:Newton, Casey (October 7, 2015).
1232:"Y Combinator Companies - OpenAI"
683:from the original on July 7, 2021
4315:Companies based in San Francisco
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1890:Loizos, Connie (July 20, 2015).
1752:"The Y Combinator Standard Deal"
1276:Constine, Josh (June 16, 2017).
1169:Altman, Sam (February 5, 2014).
1138:Altman, Sam (December 8, 2014).
1032:Yeung, Ken (September 6, 2013).
913:Rao, Leena (November 26, 2012).
3633:Technology Centre of New Jersey
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851:Rao, Leena (February 9, 2013).
728:Graham, Paul (March 15, 2012).
445:, and scale the startup into a
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3648:University City Science Center
2062:Yeung, Ken (October 8, 2015).
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4249:List of venture capital firms
3603:Portland Incubator Experiment
3568:Interval Research Corporation
2554:, formerly Y Combinator China
1451:"Geoff Ralston for President"
759:Graham, Paul (January 2009).
671:Patel, Nilay (June 8, 2021).
646:"Y Combinator Companies List"
601:
591:List of Y Combinator startups
4229:List of private equity firms
3986:Business Development Company
3533:Darden Progressive Incubator
2249:San Francisco Business Times
183:) is an American technology
177:Y Combinator Management, LLC
29:Y Combinator Management, LLC
18:American startup accelerator
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820:Rao, Leena (May 21, 2010).
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341:, Sweden, Germany, Russia,
68:; 19 years ago
10:
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4073:High-net-worth individuals
3863:Leveraged recapitalization
1807:Graham, Paul (June 2014).
1079:"Sam Altman for President"
730:"How Y Combinator Started"
242:
23:Y combinator (mathematics)
20:
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1839:"Y Combinator Continuity"
1569:"Welcome Home, Garry Tan"
269:Mountain View, California
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108:San Francisco, California
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2346:Research, Y Combinator.
1064:"Y Combinator Companies"
265:Cambridge, Massachusetts
4028:Institutional investors
3653:US Market Access Center
2627:Partners (past/present)
1420:"An update on YC China"
761:"California Year-Round"
467:initial public offering
404:in the spring of 2023.
4166:Liquidation preference
4131:Distribution waterfall
4083:Sovereign wealth funds
3573:LA Cleantech Incubator
2037:Y Combinator Posthaven
1952:Y Combinator Posthaven
301:
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4239:Venture capital firms
3991:Venture capital trust
3643:Teknekron Corporation
3538:The Founder Institute
2694:Y Combinator startups
2552:Wonderful Performance
2463:on November 26, 2017.
2129:Y Combinator Research
1508:"YC S20 Remote Batch"
537:Open Research project
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4300:Startup accelerators
4219:Private equity firms
3947:Private equity firms
3896:Post-money valuation
3773:Equity co-investment
1984:. September 13, 2016
1924:. January 14, 2021.
1809:"What happens at YC"
1009:. December 3, 2014.
463:convertible security
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4269:Portfolio companies
4186:Undercapitalization
4038:Insurance companies
3956:Limited partnership
3901:Pre-money valuation
3563:Innovation Pavilion
3548:Green Launching Pad
2509:openresearchlab.org
1871:on October 18, 2021
1865:"YC Growth Program"
1845:on October 18, 2021
1344:. August 20, 2018.
1314:. August 21, 2018.
983:on October 28, 2012
391:Most Favored Nation
247:Founded in 2005 by
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120:Number of locations
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3608:San Jose BioCenter
2608:Jessica Livingston
2186:michaelnielsen.org
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2213:"Updates from YC"
2182:"Michael Nielsen"
1400:. August 15, 2018
1342:Y Combinator Blog
1171:"YC for Hardware"
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3768:Secondaries
3558:Imagine H2O
3543:Founder.org
3439:MiraclePlus
3434:Hacker News
3046:Canopy Labs
2603:Paul Graham
2305:October 18,
2139:October 22,
2068:VentureBeat
2047:October 22,
1962:January 27,
1932:January 14,
1875:October 18,
1849:October 18,
1792:January 16,
1434:October 27,
1404:October 27,
1312:VentureBeat
1261:October 18,
1185:October 22,
1154:October 22,
1113:VentureBeat
1093:October 22,
929:October 22,
898:October 22,
867:January 20,
775:October 22,
744:October 22,
581:Hacker News
551:Bret Victor
447:high growth
376:MiraclePlus
290:Paul Graham
280:Yuri Milner
249:Paul Graham
166:ycombinator
85:Paul Graham
4284:Categories
4141:Envy ratio
4048:Endowments
3911:Seed money
3825:Terms and
3618:SplatSpace
3508:500 Global
3190:Strikingly
3180:Experiment
3101:LightTable
2975:OrderAhead
2955:LeadGenius
2940:HackerRank
2925:Codecademy
2866:Optimizely
2815:Virtualmin
2674:Justin Kan
2325:TechCrunch
1982:TechCrunch
1896:TechCrunch
1629:TechCrunch
1543:TechCrunch
1485:TechCrunch
1398:TechCrunch
1322:August 22,
1282:TechCrunch
1048:October 1,
1017:August 29,
950:TechCrunch
919:TechCrunch
888:TechCrunch
795:TechCrunch
602:References
586:HighTechXL
543:Sam Altman
423:seed money
323:Sam Altman
130:Key people
4111:Cap table
4016:Investors
3940:Structure
3758:Mezzanine
3746:Leveraged
3638:Techstars
3528:Betaworks
3407:2021–2022
3386:2019–2020
3330:2016–2018
3281:Move Loot
3246:Bluesmart
3224:2014–2015
3200:True Link
3195:Teespring
3185:Goldbelly
3111:Socialcam
3086:Instacart
3041:BufferBox
3015:ZeroCater
2886:RethinkDB
2876:PagerDuty
2829:2009−2010
2805:Posterous
2785:Justin.tv
2755:280 North
2748:2007–2008
2702:2005−2006
2664:Holly Liu
2654:Garry Tan
2457:"Members"
2260:March 16,
2227:March 11,
2196:March 27,
2099:The Verge
2013:August 3,
1710:March 17,
1659:August 3,
1522:April 21,
1352:April 16,
1292:April 13,
1007:USA Today
677:The Verge
596:Techstars
515:New Story
411:Garry Tan
398:Garry Tan
343:Argentina
225:Instacart
135:Garry Tan
4161:Leverage
4097:Related
3827:concepts
3681:Category
3523:AngelPad
3457:Category
3414:Coinrule
3271:Kickback
3256:Flexport
3215:Zenefits
3175:DoorDash
3170:CrowdMed
3129:Tilt.com
3124:The Muse
3119:Swiftype
3106:PlanGrid
3056:Diaspora
3051:Coinbase
3005:Verbling
3000:Upverter
2935:Firebase
2930:DrChrono
2905:Zencoder
2896:WakeMate
2871:OwnLocal
2861:Mixpanel
2810:Songkick
2795:Octopart
2709:Clustrix
2513:Archived
2489:March 6,
2483:Archived
2435:Archived
2408:Archived
2382:Archived
2356:Archived
2299:Archived
2254:Archived
2221:Archived
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1956:Archived
1926:Archived
1906:July 21,
1900:Archived
1817:Archived
1786:Archived
1761:July 10,
1736:April 1,
1684:Archived
1634:July 19,
1602:Archived
1578:July 19,
1547:Archived
1516:Archived
1465:June 17,
1459:Archived
1428:Archived
1346:Archived
1316:Archived
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1210:Archived
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892:Archived
861:Archived
836:June 22,
830:Archived
799:Archived
707:Archived
681:Archived
650:Archived
621:Archived
565:See also
547:Alan Kay
474:pro rata
417:Programs
359:software
339:Portugal
217:DoorDash
209:Coinbase
201:COVID-19
150:Products
81:Founders
53:Industry
4171:M&A
3878:Venture
3783:History
3753:Venture
3578:Mach 37
3553:Idealab
3398:Upsolve
3352:LendEDU
3321:Zidisha
3311:Unbabel
3286:Paribus
3261:Gigster
3241:Algolia
3236:AirPair
3210:Webflow
3160:Bitnami
3155:Airware
3115:Survata
3091:Kamcord
3081:Hackpad
3036:Boosted
3010:Vidyard
2990:Quartzy
2970:MongoHQ
2851:Homejoy
2800:Parakey
2775:Dropbox
2519:May 19,
2479:ycr.org
2331:July 9,
687:July 5,
555:Vi Hart
523:Zidisha
335:Denmark
331:Nigeria
243:History
221:Dropbox
161:Website
73:2005-03
71: (
63:Founded
47:Private
4136:EBITDA
3835:Buyout
3763:Growth
3741:Buyout
3623:StartX
3372:Replit
3362:Netomi
3306:uBiome
3291:Platzi
3266:GitLab
3150:7 Cups
3134:Zapier
3096:LendUp
2965:Meteor
2960:MemSQL
2950:Lanyrd
2920:Circle
2891:Stripe
2856:Listia
2841:Airbnb
2820:Weebly
2790:Ninite
2780:Heroku
2770:Disqus
2760:AppJet
2729:Scribd
2724:Reddit
2719:OMGPop
2431:"HARC"
2348:"HARC"
1823:May 8,
1731:Forbes
1598:Forbes
1206:Inc 42
553:, and
529:, and
481:OpenAI
431:equity
347:OpenAI
267:, and
259:, and
237:Twitch
235:, and
233:Stripe
229:Reddit
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