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Lenny's Podcast Cast

05/02/25

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Over 70% of Y Combinator's successful startups have been founded in the US, contributing to 99% of the returns from the program.

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Pulling back the curtain on the magic of Y Combinator

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Pulling back the curtain on the magic of Y Combinator

05/02/25

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Lenny's Podcast Cast

05/02/25

@ Lenny's Podcast

The likelihood of securing Series A funding is significantly higher for Y Combinator startups, with 45% achieving this milestone compared to the industry average of 33%.

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Lenny's Podcast Cast

05/02/25

@ Lenny's Podcast

Four companies—Airbnb, Coinbase, Reddit, and Instacart—account for over 85% of Y Combinator's returns, illustrating the VC power law in action.

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Kat Mañalac

05/24/19

@ Y Combinator

94% of the top Y Combinator companies have co-founders, and they typically meet at school or work; an equal equity split is highly valued in these partnerships.

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Lenny's Podcast Cast

05/02/25

@ Lenny's Podcast

The majority of recent Y Combinator funding has gone to B2B companies, with over 75% of the latest batches classified as such, reflecting a shift away from consumer-focused investments.

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Jessica Livingston

02/24/15

@ Y Combinator

23% of the startups that applied to Y Combinator for this batch had a female founder, and we accepted the same percentage of startups with female founders as we had applicants.

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Jared Friedman

07/19/19

@ Y Combinator

You can apply to Y Combinator even if you don't have a US visa; many founders in this situation successfully do so.

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Lenny's Podcast Cast

05/02/25

@ Lenny's Podcast

Investors in Y Combinator companies are top-tier VCs, frequently investing in these startups and often making multiple investments.

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Jessica Livingston

06/01/16

@ Y Combinator

Despite starting Y Combinator with the goal of helping a few entrepreneurs, we never anticipated funding a thousand startups, many of which have become very successful.

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Jessica Livingston

07/11/18

@ Y Combinator

I co-founded Y Combinator, the first startup accelerator, which began with a hypothesis about what people wanted, and it turned out they did want it, leading us to fund over 1,800 startups valued at over a hundred billion dollars.