Search Results for: Y Combinator

February 11, 2016 @ 5:10 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Y Combinator announced that the five year partnership with Imagine K12 has taken its next step on its Posthaven blog, the original edtech accelerator, has joined Y Combinator to form an edtech vertical within YC. Agreeing that 2016 was the right time to create YC/Imagine K12, the team decided to… Read More

October 27, 2015 @ 11:15 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The Indian fintech platform Razorpay has raised US$9 million in Series A funding led by leading VC firm Tiger Global, with participation from existing investor Matrix Partners, according to a release.  Including its US$2.5M seed funding round, the company’s total fundraise to date is US$11.5 million.  Funding will be used to build Razorpay’s product and… Read More

October 8, 2015 @ 11:39 am By Erin Hobey  |  

“Our mission at YC is to enable as much innovation as we can.  Mostly this means funding startups.  But startups aren’t ideal for some kinds of innovation—for example, work that requires a very long time horizon, seeks to answer very open-ended questions, or develops technology… Read More

August 27, 2015 @ 10:47 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Y Combinator has named partner Qasar Younis, who has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University and an MBA from Harvard, as its inaugural chief operating officer. As Y Combinator grows into more than just a traditional incubator, the company sought more structure and leadership around operations, creating the COO opportunity for… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 4:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ginkgo Bioworks, an organism design company, today announced that it has raised $45 million in an oversubscribed Series B round. Viking Global, a firm managing more than $30 billion in capital, led the round along with previous investors including OS Fund, Y Combinator and Felicis… Read More

July 22, 2015 @ 4:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this year,  Luna, a mattress cover that heats beds AND tracks sleep, launched on Indiegogo with a promise that it’ll help users sleep better for the price of $219. Originally seeking only $100,000, the comfy invention quickly surpassed the initial goal and by the campaign’s… Read More

November 11, 2014 @ 12:16 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Wevorce is a national divorce company that keeps families out of court using a high-tech and high-touch approach to amicable divorce. Currently trending on AngelList, Wevorce’s software-supported process connects families with Wevorce certified mediators across the United States. “We help mitigate the mental anguish and… Read More

August 15, 2014 @ 9:14 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Kickstarter’s first synthetic biology project, the Glowing Plant, which was launched April 2013 by Antony Evans, Fulbright Stanford post-doc fellow Omri Amirav-Drory, PhD and Kyle Taylor, PhD (from Stanford) has made the news again for its syncing with Y Combinator.  The Silicon Valley venture capital firm… Read More

February 24, 2014 @ 10:07 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Paul Graham will take a step back from famed Silicon Valley tech accelerator Y Combinator to focus on his writing, although he will still consult startups. Over nine years at Y Combinator, Graham has built the organization into one of the most desirable entrepreneurial experiences… Read More

August 21, 2013 @ 11:26 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Yesterday real estate crowdfund investing platform RealCrowd pitched to investors at Y Combinator’s demo day. This marks the culmination of RealCrowd’s experience as part of the famed Y Combinator accelerator program. Wired magazine calls Y Combinator “the most prestigious program for budding digital entrepreneurs.” RealCrowd… Read More

June 11, 2013 @ 3:58 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

FundersClub has closed the first fund in their “Accelerate Series.” The fund offered early-stage investment opportunities in companies participating in the Winter 2013 class of Y Combinator. This new fund gave accredited investors the sought-after opportunity to invest in startups that have benefited from selection… Read More

April 20, 2013 @ 4:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Legendary incubator – venture capital group Y Combinator founder Paul Graham has announced a “First Ever” – Graham is joining the board of medical charity crowdfunding site Watsi. Graham announced this event via twitter, of course; For the first time I agreed to be on… Read More

March 27, 2013 @ 9:37 am By Daniel Terdiman  |  

Watsi is hoping to use a Kickstarter model to help fund crucial medical cases around the world. Thirteen health care institutions are using Watsi already. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Though it is the undisputed king of incubators, many Y Combinator alumns have failed to make a… Read More

March 27, 2013 @ 7:00 am By CNet  |  

If you cringe when you hear a company described as “Kickstarter for” this industry or that genre, yesterday’s Y Combinator Demo Day was probably not for you. As happens twice a year, a Who’s Who of A-list (and B- and C-list) venture capitalists and angel… Read More

February 25, 2013 @ 12:57 pm By TechCrunch  |  

Do you want to know whether cannibalism existed amongst Tyrannosaurus Rexes or whetherspecific viruses contribute to lung cancer risk? Better yet, do you want to be part of making this research happen faster? A Y Combinator-backed startup called Microryza is positioning itself as a “Kickstarter” for science research. The… Read More

January 26, 2013 @ 4:15 am By All Things Digital  |  

The closely watched startup program Y Combinator said today it was backing peer-to-peer medical funding site Watsi, its first nonprofit investment after eight years and hundreds of startups. “I’ve never been so excited about anything we’ve funded,” Y Combinator chief Paul Graham wrote in a post about Watsi today. Watsi… Read More

January 28, 2025 @ 11:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Grey and Clear Junction will partner on global payments, according to a company release. Grey is a graduate of Y-Combinator in 2022. The Fintech aims to provide banking services in emerging markets. Current products include multi-currency accounts, real-time money transfers, and virtual cards. Grey targets… Read More

November 18, 2024 @ 11:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Ai16z and Ryze Labs have revealed a new incubator, the AICombinator program. The new partnership is described as the first venture capital firm run by autonomous AI agents investing in AI-driven innovation. Ryze Labs invests in blockchain tech around the world. Initially, the program will… Read More

July 23, 2021 @ 9:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a new development that is most likely to establish a new industry standard, scientists at Cambridge Quantum (CQ) have created a new algorithm for solving combinatorial optimization problems that have become widespread in business and industry, like the travelling salesman, vehicle routing or job… Read More

December 2, 2018 @ 10:30 am By Dror Futter  |  

In late 2013, seed accelerator YCombinator introduced the SAFE (simple agreement for future equity) – a convertible instrument designed to make seed stage investing quicker and less expensive. The SAFEs quickly became a popular structure for seed investing.  Early this fall, YCombinator introduced several changes… Read More