And we’re back! Yes, today was the second day of pitches from Y Combinator, a U.S. startup accelerator with global outreach that conducts demo days twice a year. This year’s […]
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Back to news homeY Combinator alumni raise $80 million for DAO to back crypto startups
Groups of people seeking to invest together have been turning to the crypto-native DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) structure for a collective decision-making framework. While an investment DAO typically can only […]
Tiger Global to slow startup investments for two quarters, eyes new fund later this year
Tiger Global, one of the biggest winners from the technology bull market, plans to decelerate the pace of its investments in startups for two quarters, the latest in a series […]
Y Combinator announces Launch YC, a way for its portfolio to shout to the public
Y Combinator has announced Launch YC, a platform where people can sort accelerator startups by industry, batch and launch date to discover new products. The famed accelerator, which has seeded […]
Fintech startup Jeeves raises $57M, goes from YC to $500M valuation in one year
Last summer, Jeeves was participating in Y Combinator’s summer batch as a fledgling fintech. This June, the startup emerged from stealth with $31 million in equity and $100 million in […]
Our favorite startups from YC’s Summer 21 Demo Day, Part 2
Space read-alongs aren’t too far away, if you ask us From beaming actors into the class room to plucking things out of space, the second day of Y Combinator’s S21 Demo […]
Reframe your Metaphors, and other lessons from Y Combinator S21 Day 1
After a 17-hour marathon through nearly 200 startup pitches, the Equity team was fired up to get back on Twitter and chat through some early trends and favorites from the […]
Our favorite startups from YC’s Summer 21 Demo Day, Part 1
Search in ideas, greenification and the beauty of Zillow surfing Y Combinator kicked off its fourth-ever virtual Demo Day today, revealing the first half of its nearly 400-company batch. The […]
How one founder made the most of Y Combinator in a pandemic year
This week, we welcome guest Hana Mohan to our podcast Found. Hana is the co-founder and CEO of MagicBell, a new startup she created with Josue Montano that just recently […]
Chorus brings a social layer to meditation
Chorus launched its online experience on March 16 of last year. It was fairly auspicious timing, as those things go, falling the same day seven public health departments launched a […]