Twice yearly, Y Combinator invests $500,000 in a large cohort of startups, working closely with them for three months to refine pitches and optimize company fundamentals before a Demo Day presentation to select investors.
Designer, engineer, and early-stage startup investor. Co-founded Initialized Capital, an early-stage VC fund behind Coinbase and Instacart. Former Y Combinator partner, directly involved with over 600 startups from the ground up in a span of five years.
Investor scope
Investment criteria breakdown.
Investment stages
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Target regions
USA
Investment ranges
$100K - $500K
Focus areas
Generalist
Related unicorns
A glimpse at some of the $1B+ valuation companies backed by this fund.