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Ask HN: Does YC Fund Non US StartUps?
I was wondering if YC accepts and funds start-up teams from outside the US (UK, Ireland, India, etc)?
If so, do the founders get temporary work visas or use their passports to stay in the US during YC?
- sawyer 15y agoI know they have funded Canadians, though I cannot speak to the details of how they legally remain in the US (or even if they all do) during and after the program.
- brackin 15y agoThey accept them and have accepted a lot but it's up to you to sort.
- paul9290 15y agoI wonder if any non US YCombinator alums could detail their experience? Did you get a passport or a temporary work visa? thnx
- amehdiyeva87 15y agoNo. But they can help you to get US and start your startup there if your idea great enough.
- hugo31370 15y agoThey accepted Greplin and Daniel is Swiss.
- kevinclark 15y agoDaniel is Israeli, actually (as was his original YC batch cofounder). But yes, they've funded foreign teams before.
- otherdudeagain 15y agogocardless is based in London
- paul9290 15y agoSo did the gocardless team come to the US and participate in YCombinator in the Valley? If so did they get visas or just used their passports?
- chris_dcosta 15y agoHarj is from the UK I think. At least he sounds very English. I'm fairly certain YC funded something he did.
- ig1 15y agoMost use the visa waiver, it's a slightly grey area if doing YC is valid under the visa waiver (business meetings, raising investment, coding for fun are all legal - but coding for money isn't. YC falls in the graze zone between them).