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I see no Russia, have there been a lot of Russian founders before? I don't think so, i have more or less followed YC and haven't heard of one. Why is that? Lack

I see no Russia, have there been a lot of Russian founders before? I don't think so, i have more or less followed YC and haven't heard of one. Why is that? Lack of interest from Russians or some specific flaw common to them which leads to their rejection?

presty 13y ago
Ev Kontsevoy (Mailgun) is from Russia
- anovikov 13y ago
  and that's it? well, i may understand that it's not about discrimination. culture in the Russian IT field is quite hostile to startups, the whole idea isn't much respected, so my bet is that there was simply too little interest from Russian applicants, not a low pass rate.
  - pg 13y ago
    There have been others. The founders of RethinkDB and Accunote are Russian.
    - rdl 13y ago
      Acunote founders are Ukrainian, not Russian.
    - YuriNiyazov 13y ago
      and aerofs i believe.