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Have any African countries ever applied or been accepted to YC? Will people that plan to move back home or have home (non American) markets as their primary ma
by OoTheNigerian 13y ago
Have any African countries ever applied or been accepted to YC?
Will people that plan to move back home or have home (non American) markets as their primary markets be considered?
It would be interesting to see how Sama's batch differs from PG's
- namenotrequired 13y agoWill people that plan to move back home or have home (non American) markets as their primary markets be considered? Many have done this, whether planned or not I don't know in all cases, but I know that Glio has Brazil as their primary market.
- pg 13y agoNo African countries have applied or been accepted, but we've accepted several people from them. IIRC none were making things for specifically African markets though. We're certainly willing to fund companies building stuff for their home country and that will return to it after YC. GoCardless is probably the most prominent.
- jey 13y agoThis raises an interesting question: should a country applying to YC use the regular application form or the nonprofit one?