Comments on: Y Combinator Gets The Sequoia Capital Seal Of Approval

By: Venturelytics » Blog Archive » y-combinator raise $2m

Venturelytics » Blog Archive » y-combinator raise $2m — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:53:03 +0000

[...] venture firm Y Combinator is branching out in its funding strategy today, raising about $2 million from Sequoia Capital and a handful of angel investors. Previously, the firm was funded solely by [...]

By: sex

sex — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:44:13 +0000

Apple’s iPod press conference tomorrow? Maybe, maybe not. But anyways, $200 sounds like a pretty good value

By: Microfunds: Have idea? Need Cash? No Problem! – The Next Web

Microfunds: Have idea? Need Cash? No Problem! – The Next Web — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:59:20 +0000

[...] the startup world about the gaps in really, really early funding for ideas in Europe. Seedcamp and YCombinator are perhaps the best-known, your friends here are part of OpenFund, but there are others sprouting [...]

By: hikaye

hikaye — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:42:51 +0000

This looks very good and well made.

By: DodaPedia » Made Men: Why Venture Capitalists Sponsor Other VCs

DodaPedia » Made Men: Why Venture Capitalists Sponsor Other VCs — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:59:22 +0000

[...] to continue investing in early stage deals without all the time and energy it requires. In March, Sequoia Capital announced a small investment in the angel fund of Y Combinator. Investing in venture funds that focus on early stage deals could give the big guys a way [...]

By: gire

gire — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:20:35 +0000

Only a fool would give up 6% for $5 K and some office space… then again there are a lot of fools out there, even fool students who would take a foolish deal like this

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:18:47 +0000

how true

By: VCs Moving Upstream « We Klik

VCs Moving Upstream « We Klik — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:46:34 +0000

[...] TechCrunch on the Sequoia investment. [...]

By: The Far Edge » Blog Archive » Spark Capital Launches Seed Funding Program Start@Spark

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:00:58 +0000

[...] Charles River Ventures debuted its “QuickStart” program back in November 2006, Sequoia simply invested $2 million of its own fund into Y Combinator to give them more runway, and other firms have set up platform-specific seeding [...]

By: Spark Capital Launches Seed Funding Program Start@Spark

Spark Capital Launches Seed Funding Program Start@Spark — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:54:16 +0000

[...] River Ventures debuted its “QuickStart” program back in November 2006, Sequoia simply invested $2 million of its own fund into Y Combinator to give them more runway, and other firms have set up platform-specific seeding [...]

By: neon

neon — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:51:26 +0000

thank you very good

By: The Major-Indie Phenomenon: film, gaming & start-ups « Kip McClanahan

The Major-Indie Phenomenon: film, gaming & start-ups « Kip McClanahan — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:25:35 +0000

[...] more capability to fund and help seed-stage start-up companies. You can get more information here, here, and here. Y-Combinator funds about 40 companies per year and has launched or help launch over [...]

By: The Nasty Exploding Term Sheet | The Scripts Zone

The Nasty Exploding Term Sheet | The Scripts Zone — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:05:15 +0000

[...] accept by that date, the offer explodes. Investor Y Combinator (recently in the news for taking an investment from Sequoia Capital) posted an advisory tonight that their competitors are using exploding term [...]

By: The Nasty Exploding Term Sheet

The Nasty Exploding Term Sheet — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:40:12 +0000

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By: The Far Edge » Blog Archive » Y Combinator Demo Day Spring 2009

The Far Edge » Blog Archive » Y Combinator Demo Day Spring 2009 — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:00:49 +0000

[...] mode. Most of them have been in development for only three months. Y Combinator celebrated some good news recently. They are raising $2 million in capital themselves, from Sequoia Capital and a number of [...]

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By: YCombinator: La inversión semilla en etapas tempranas | Emprenden

YCombinator: La inversión semilla en etapas tempranas | Emprenden — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:50:44 +0000

[...] inversión, Sequoia Capital (una de las firmas más respetadas de venture capital en tecnología) realizó una inversión en un fondo administrado por YCombinator. Tags: capital semilla, inversiones, [...]

By: Y Combinator Demo Day Spring 2009 | The Scripts Zone

Y Combinator Demo Day Spring 2009 | The Scripts Zone — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:00:43 +0000

By: jd

jd — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:05:34 +0000

“I think coding is a task that can be efficiently outsourced”

That could not be further from the truth.

By: Y Combinator Demo Day Spring 2009 | Reviews Manual

Y Combinator Demo Day Spring 2009 | Reviews Manual — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:43:19 +0000

[...] Most of them hit been in utilization for exclusive threesome months. Y Combinator famous whatever good news recently. They are upbringing $2 meg in top themselves, from Sequoia Capital and a variety of [...]

By: Y Combinator Demo Day Spring 2009 | Webtrendblog.com

Y Combinator Demo Day Spring 2009 | Webtrendblog.com — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:53:36 +0000

By: Y Combinator Demo Day Spring 2009

Y Combinator Demo Day Spring 2009 — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:31:31 +0000

By: Pavan K

Pavan K — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:24:22 +0000

Very valid point about strengthening the centre of the bridge by having strong angels on board. That thinking is surely reflected in this deal, by bringing Ron Conway et al. on board.

Hope to see this trend happening in the UK.