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To put this in context YC is pro-rating its 7% to maintain that level until companies have $250m valuation. YC companies to date have raised $3bn in total so f
by memossy 11y ago
To put this in context YC is pro-rating its 7% to maintain that level until companies have $250m valuation.
YC companies to date have raised $3bn in total so far, with a couple dozen above $100m out of just over 800.
Therefore at most YC would have invested $210m if they'd done this from the start.
It basically adds up to a couple hundred thousand on Series A, 0.5-0.8m series B, $1-2m at series C, then at series D you'd hope to be approaching $250m
Given a propertied fund size of $1bn this makes sense in backing winners probably funding 200 companies a year at $200-300m/year, particularly as major pickup in valuation is A to C
- sama 11y agoThe math is off here; YC companies have raised more than double that amount.
- memossy 11y agoSorry, was looking at last summers amount http://blog.ycombinator.com/yc-portfolio-stats http://blog.ycombinator.com/yc-portfolio-stats A run rate of $2-300m if its a $1bn fund (suppose you'll let everyone know soon!) would make sense
- jedc 11y agoCheck out http://www.seed-db.com/accelerators http://www.seed-db.com/accelerators to get better data. YC companies have raised >$7billion. 18 YC companies have raised >=$50million - http://www.seed-db.com/companies/funding?value=50000000 http://www.seed-db.com/companies/funding?value=50000000