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Y Combinator’s Identity Crisis: Growth or Decline? Y Combinator, the famed Silicon Valley accelerator behind Airbnb, Stripe, and Doordash, is facing scrutiny as it expands. Once exclusive, YC now runs more frequent and larger startup batches, rais

Y Combinator in 30 Seconds: ✅ World’s top startup accelerator 💵 Offers $500K funding ($125K for 7%, $375K on SAFE) 🗓️ 4 batches/year (Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall) 👥 Backed Airbnb, Stripe, Dropbox, and 4,000+ startups 📈 Massive network + Dem

Indian startups funded by YC have fallen sharply over the years. Several reasons appear to be behind the drop - - Registration requirement in US, Canada, Singapore, or the Cayman Islands. - Increased access to capital via accelerator programs in I

Y Combinator (YC) is a legendary startup accelerator that gives founders $125k for 7% equity and puts them through an intense 3-month program full of mentorship, networking, and weekly growth check-ins. The big highlight is Demo Day, where startups p

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽𝘀 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗩𝗖𝘀. Now? They chase accelerators first. In 2024, 𝟐𝟒% 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐕𝐂 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬 came from 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 like YC. That's nearly 𝟏 𝐢𝐧 𝟒 𝐕𝐂 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬

Thinking about Y Combinator? Here’s the ultra-short cheat-sheet: 4 chances a year: YC now runs Winter, Spring, Summer & Fall batches—so there’s always an application window coming up. $500 k standard deal: $125 k for 7 % (post-money SAFE) plus $37

Day 2 of The Startup Mafia Series: Why YC Founders Have an Unfair Advantage The world thinks startups are a meritocracy—that the best ideas win, the smartest founders get funded, and anyone can build a billion-dollar company if they just work hard e

Announcing the winners of Creator Program (December 2024)- We had a great month of crazy content and information being shared on Medial and we're glad to recognise the top contributors! Top 3 who won Rs. 3k each- 1) Havish Gupta 2) Mr Z 3) Shiv Di

Announcing the winners of Creator Program (Jan 2025)- We had a great month of crazy content and information being shared on Medial and we're glad to recognise the top contributors! Top 3 who won Rs. 3k each- 1) Chamarti Sreekar 2) Vikas Acharya 3)

Surge, The Y Combinator of India! So Surge is a seed-stage accelerator program launched in 2019 by Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital India & SEA). It provides early-stage startups in India and Southeast Asia with funding, mentorship, and