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It's not just VC finding. It's YCombinator funding. From https://tracxn.com/d/companies/platohq.com https://tracxn.com/d/companies/platohq.com Jun 01, 2016 :
by duckfang 5y ago
It's not just VC finding.
It's YCombinator funding.
From https://tracxn.com/d/companies/platohq.com https://tracxn.com/d/companies/platohq.com
Jun 01, 2016 : $120K : Seed : Y Combinator
How many predatory and scammy companies does YC have to fund, before we directly question YC itself?
- SQueeeeeL 5y agoWait, do people assume YCombinator has any standard to their funding? I thought we all knew that it was just a hype machine wrapped around a bog standard VC group. Of course they'll fund them, it has a sick name and an idea you can state in 60 seconds, so Plato will probably get sold to a textbook manufacturer or something for 70 billion dollars because it's 2021 and nothing makes sense
- paulcole 5y ago> do people assume YCombinator has any standard to their funding Some people for sure assume this and it’s a testament to the work YC has put into marketing and PR. Just look at HN — a mammoth content marketing project — for a VC fund. Just enough YC propaganda mixed in to where people still believe it’s impartial Hacker News.
- redis_mlc 5y ago> Just look at HN — a mammoth content marketing project — for a VC fund. HN has become a leftist/Marxist, post-fact echo chamber. I don't see that as good PR. The actual founders use YC's internal BookFace, not HN.
- Grustaf 5y ago> Wait, do people assume YCombinator has any standard to their funding That is basically the whole point of YC, that their investment gives you a stamp of approval.