"potential upside on this is big enough to warrant a YC investment" You make it sound like YC is like a traditional VC that requires a 10x return on a $20m inv

"potential upside on this is big enough to warrant a YC investment" You make it sound like YC is like a traditional VC that requires a 10x return on a $20m investment to make their model work. Disregarding for now any 'grand plan' for further monetization beyond simple replication of this model that the company has, a YC-style (~10k for 6%) investment in a company that has already does $1.8M in sales isn't exactly bad.