The following notable startups have completed the Y Combinator Accelerator program.[1]
Mike Isaac described Y Combinator as: "Y Combinator accepts batches of start-ups twice a year in a semester-like system and gives them money, advice and access to a vast network of start-up founders and technologists who can advise them."[2]
2005−2010
- 1000Memories[3]
- 280 North[4]
- Airbnb[5]
- AppJet[6]
- Biographicon
- Bump[7]
- Clustrix[8]
- Disqus[9]
- Dropbox [10]
- Ginkgo Bioworks[11]
- Heroku[12]
- Homejoy[13]
- Justin.tv[14]
- Listia[15]
- Loopt[16]
- Mixpanel[17]
- NewsBlur[18]
- Ninite[19]
- Octopart[20]
- OMGPop[21]
- Optimizely[22]
- OwnLocal[23]
- PagerDuty[24]
- Parakey[25]
- Poll Everywhere[26]
- Posterous[27]
- Recurse Center (Hacker School)[28]
- Reddit[29]
- RethinkDB[30]
- Scribd[31]
- SIRUM[32]
- Songkick[33]
- Stripe[34]
- Quora[35]
- Virtualmin[36]
- Vote.org[37]
- WakeMate[38]
- Weebly[39]
- WePay[40]
- Xobni[41]
- YouOS[42]
- Zenter[43]
2011-2015
- 7 Cups
- 80,000 Hours
- 9GAG
- AirPair
- Airware
- Algolia
- Bellabeat[44]
- Bitnami
- Bluesmart
- Boosted
- BufferBox
- Casetext
- Canopy Labs
- Chaldal.com
- Circle
- Codecademy
- Cofactor Genomics
- Coinbase
- Container Linux (CoreOS Linux)
- CrowdMed
- Creative Market[45]
- Cruise (autonomous vehicle)
- Diaspora
- DoorDash
- Double Robotics
- drchrono
- EquipmentShare[46]
- Exec
- Experiment
- Firebase
- Flexport
- Fullstack Academy
- Gigster
- GitLab
- Goldbelly
- Gusto
- Hackpad
- HackerRank
- Helion Energy
- Humble Bundle
- Instacart
- Kamcord
- Kickback
- Lanyrd
- LeadGenius
- LendUp
- LightTable
- Lumi
- Matterport
- MemSQL
- Meesho[47]
- Meteor
- Move Loot
- Mux[48]
- New Story
- Oklo Inc.[49]
- Opentrons[50]
- OrderAhead
- Parse
- Paribus
- PatientBank[51]
- Paystack[52]
- Pebble (watch)
- PlanGrid
- Platzi
- Podium[53]
- Product Hunt
- Quartzy
- Rigetti Computing
- Science Exchange
- SmartAsset[54]
- Socialcam
- Streak
- Strikingly
- Swiftype
- Teespring
- The Muse (The Daily Muse)
- Tilt.com
- True Link
- uBiome
- Unbabel
- Upverter
- Verbling
- Vidyard
- Watsi
- Webflow
- Wefunder
- Zapier
- TriNet Zenefits
- ZeroCater
- Zesty
2016−2020
- Boom Technology
- Brex
- Coub
- Deel Inc.
- Flock Safety[55]
- Grey[56]
- Legalist[57]
- LendEDU
- Lezzoo[58]
- Modal Commerce (Drive Motors)
- Momentus space
- Netomi (msg.ai)
- Our World in Data
- OpenSea[59]
- Rappi
- Replit
- Scale AI
- Sixa
- Skip
- Tara AI[60]
- The Athletic[61]
- The Good Food Institute[62]
- Upsolve
- Women Who Code
- Writesonic
- Yotta Technologies
2021–2025
References
- ^ Shunina, Dasha. "To Accelerate Or Not? How To Choose The Right Program For Your Startup". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-03-21.
- ^ "Y Combinator Will Fund Later-Stage Companies". The New York Times. 16 October 2015.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20111101074051/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/funding_for_1000memories_-_a_nod_to_the_power_of_d.php#
- ^ https://www.cbinsights.com/company/280-north
- ^ https://www.businessinsider.com/how-y-combinator-saved-airbnb-2020-2
- ^ https://techcrunch.com/2007/12/12/appjet-makes-simple-web-apps-a-breeze/
- ^ https://www.businessinsider.com/david-lieb-y-combinator-group-partner-bump-google-photos-2024-4
- ^ https://venturebeat.com/business/y-combinators-clustrix-rolls-out-databases-that-scale/
- ^ https://wellfound.com/company/disqus/funding
- ^ https://medium.com/the-entrepreneurs-manifesto/dropbox-the-idea-viral-video-breakthrough-y-combinator-3016ca1ca52b
- ^ https://www.businessinsider.com/y-combinator-ginkgo-partner-give-startups-access-biology-tools-2019-9
- ^ https://venturebeat.com/business/heroku-founder-y-combinator-developer-tools-request-is-a-very-big-deal/
- ^ https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/06/y-combinator-smart-city-research-project?srsltid=AfmBOoqdc8qLgHbIKYA26SrYI7xP64pRRXqCvrue51RWft3ncdQlwTk2
- ^ https://www.michaelseibel.com/
- ^ https://www.ycdb.co/company/listia
- ^ https://mixergy.com/interviews/yc-group-with-sam-altman/
- ^ https://suhaild.medium.com/mixpanels-y-combinator-application-in-2009-34b5d30dbc12
- ^ https://techcrunch.com/2012/07/30/yc-backed-newsblur-takes-feed-reading-back-to-its-basics/
- ^ https://tracxn.com/d/companies/ninite/__QJnGdsRmYbAr5vrPZC7Ed5BlM2-o1_Eu6GUKMnBdwpw/funding-and-investors
- ^ https://techcrunch.com/2011/05/18/octopart-the-little-startup-that-hung-in-there/
- ^ https://www.inc.com/christine-lagorio/sam-altman-yc-monopoly.html
- ^ https://techcrunch.com/2012/05/30/optimizely-funding/
- ^ https://wellfound.com/company/ownlocal/people
- ^ https://www.s28capital.com/team/andrew-miklas/
- ^ https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-VCDB-7867
- ^ https://www.businessinsider.com/y-combinator-paul-graham-says-moderates-should-vote-for-kamala-2024-10
- ^ https://techcrunch.com/2011/01/14/posterous-cofounder-garry-tan-steps-down-heads-to-yc/
- ^ https://www.cbinsights.com/company/hacker-school
- ^ https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/how-to-start-a-65-billion-business-at-21-years-old-reddit/479210
- ^ https://venturebeat.com/business/ycombinator-announces-newest-class-with-flightcaster-mixpanel-aboard/
- ^ https://venturebeat.com/business/y-combinator-names-scribd-cofounder-jared-friedman-as-partner/
- ^ https://techcrunch.com/2015/03/10/the-drugs-still-work/
- ^ https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/warners-songkick-teams-up-ticketing-and-marketing-company-shoobs1/
- ^ https://www.startupgrind.com/blog/the-collison-brothers-and-story-behind-the-founding-of-stripe/
- ^ https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/11/quora-y-combinator/
- ^ https://tracxn.com/d/companies/virtualmin/__4kiGae7WDccfpKumEJVK-UqCteuAfhGXUnlDLHMWP9Q/funding-and-investors
- ^ https://www.forbes.com/sites/moiravetter/2016/05/13/what-can-non-profit-startup-vote-org-do-with-y-combinator-seed-funding-in-178-days/
- ^ https://thestartupfoundry.com/2011/04/11/wakemate-yc-s09-on-building-their-business-and-their-ycombinator-experience/
- ^ https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2018/04/27/weebly-square-purchase-y-combinator-valuation.html
- ^ https://www.forbes.com/sites/elizabethwoyke/2012/01/31/wepay-the-online-payment-startup-behind-occupy-wall-street/
- ^ https://techcrunch.com/2008/07/23/a-xobni-executive-leaves-the-red-hot-startup-but-why/
- ^ https://thenextweb.com/news/10-y-combinator-startups-that-didnt-make-it-but-shouldve
- ^ https://www.businessinsider.com/10-successful-y-combinator-startups-2012-3
- ^ https://techcrunch.com/2014/03/27/y-combinator-top-three-startups/
- ^ https://mixergy.com/interviews/aaron-epstein-creative-market/
- ^ https://www.startlandnews.com/2023/07/equipmentshare-y-combinator/
- ^ https://www.financialexpress.com/business/sme-prominent-startup-investor-shares-a-y-combinator-one-pager-for-founders-on-early-stage-funding-3730167/
- ^ https://venturebeat.com/ai/mux-raises-20-million-to-simplify-video-streaming-and-analytics/
- ^ https://observer.com/2024/08/sam-altman-backed-nuclear-energy-oklo-doubles-customer/
- ^ https://nypost.com/2024/09/13/business/robots-are-taking-over-new-york-and-bill-gates-is-investing/
- ^ https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/23/yc-demo-day/
- ^ https://www.forbes.com/sites/mfonobongnsehe/2016/12/19/nigerian-fintech-startup-paystack-raises-1-3-million/
- ^ https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/podium-raises-201m-in-series-d-funding-to-accelerate-the-digital-evolution-for-local-businesses-301424024.html
- ^ https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180620005845/en/SmartAsset-Raises-28-Million-in-Series-C-Funding-Doubling-Its-Venture-Capital-Backing
- ^ https://techfundingnews.com/275m-at-7-5-valuation-y-combinators-flock-safety-to-provide-a-public-safety-operating-system-that-eliminates-crime-eyeing-an-ipo/
- ^ https://techcrunch.com/2022/02/08/nigerian-fintech-grey-finance-gets-backing-from-y-combinator/
- ^ https://www.dakota.com/fundraising-news/y-combinator-alum-legalist-seeking-400m-for-fourth-credit-fund
- ^ https://kurdistanchronicle.com/babat/2605
- ^ https://www.businessinsider.com/y-combinator-backed-startup-onetool-up-for-sale-as-nft-2021-7
- ^ https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/01/tara-ai-which-uses-machine-learning-to-spec-out-and-manage-engineering-projects-nabs-10m/
- ^ https://www.strv.com/our-work/the-athletic
- ^ https://www.fastcompany.com/90221400/y-combinator-is-funding-a-nonprofit-that-advocates-for-meat-alternatives
External links
- "YC Companies" at ycombinator.com
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