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  • YCombinator to scale down late-stage investments, lays off 17 people March 14, 2023 09:10 AM IST

    YCombinator to scale down late-stage investments, lays off 17 people

    YC invests at later stages through its YCombinator Continuity Fund and typically invests in Series B and onwards in companies founded by YC founders, its managing director Anu Hariharan had said in a media interview in February last year

  • YCombinator-backed Indian start-ups are collateral damage in Silicon Valley Bank collapse March 11, 2023 04:04 PM IST

    YCombinator-backed Indian start-ups are collateral damage in Silicon Valley Bank collapse

    Startups funded by American incubator YC, which makes Indian companies flip their corporate entities to the US, are scrambling for working capital as California regulators shut down Silicon Valley Bank.

  • Proptech startup Landeed raises $8.3 million January 24, 2023 04:52 PM IST

    Proptech startup Landeed raises $8.3 million

    The latest funding round witnessed the participation of investors led by Draper Associates, Y Combinator, and Bayhouse Capital, it said in a statement.

  • YC-backed edtech startup Skill-Lync acquires Binny Bansal-backed Crio November 21, 2022 10:59 AM IST

    YC-backed edtech startup Skill-Lync acquires Binny Bansal-backed Crio

    In a statement, Skill-Lync also said the founders of Crio will continue to focus on and run Crio’s business and growth, after the acquisition. The company, however, did not disclose the deal size.

  • Paul Graham on visa delays: 'Inefficiency of this magnitude makes America look incompetent' October 10, 2022 07:43 PM IST

    Paul Graham on visa delays: 'Inefficiency of this magnitude makes America look incompetent'

    Calling the US visa processing system incompetent, the co-founder of Y Combinator said, "This is banana republic level performance."

  • Construction-tech startup 91Squarefeet raises $10 million from Stellaris, Y Combinator, others September 13, 2022 05:53 PM IST

    Construction-tech startup 91Squarefeet raises $10 million from Stellaris, Y Combinator, others

    The company, in a statement, said the fresh fund will be used to strengthen 91Squarefeet’s on-ground service muscle, and product development and deepen its engagement with its supplier network.

  • Accel-backed Orange Health announces first ESOP, equity buyback worth $1 mn September 07, 2022 07:23 PM IST

    Accel-backed Orange Health announces first ESOP, equity buyback worth $1 mn

    Half of the $1 million buyback will constitute ESOPs while the other half would be equity held by its investors.

  • Matrix-backed AntWalk raises $7.5 million in funding led by GSV Ventures July 06, 2022 10:08 AM IST

    Matrix-backed AntWalk raises $7.5 million in funding led by GSV Ventures

    The new fund will be used to strengthen Learning Experience Platform and expand the sales and marketing team to widen the customer base.

  • Volopay to offer corporate credit cards with SBM Bank India as it expands India offerings June 29, 2022 11:50 AM IST

    Volopay to offer corporate credit cards with SBM Bank India as it expands India offerings

    The company expects to onboard 7,000 businesses on its platform in the Indian market over the next 12-18 months.

  • Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital, others invest $2 million seed fund in workplace productivity app Aerotime June 09, 2022 05:19 PM IST

    Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital, others invest $2 million seed fund in workplace productivity app Aerotime

    The product is live across 70 teams from different companies and is now coming out of private beta, said Aerotime.

  • Start-up Street: Default Alive -- the art of navigating through uncertain times June 02, 2022 09:10 AM IST

    Start-up Street: Default Alive -- the art of navigating through uncertain times

    After the high of the past few years, the funding tap has suddenly dried up. For several later-stage start-ups seeking to raise larger rounds in the coming few months, the outlook is unfavourable 

  • 8vdX raises $3 mn in seed round from Y Combinator, others May 27, 2022 12:07 PM IST

    8vdX raises $3 mn in seed round from Y Combinator, others

    Over the next 18 months, the startup aims to complete the build-out of the technology platform, provide acceleration capital to 250 startups, and have an AUM of $75 million, informed co-founder

  • Sequoia’s message to founders: Focus on profitability, growth at all costs no longer rewarded May 25, 2022 12:33 PM IST

    Sequoia’s message to founders: Focus on profitability, growth at all costs no longer rewarded

    Sequoia Capital said that Morgan Stanley’s unprofitable Tech Index is down 64 percent since the start of 2022, compared to a 28 percent drop in the technology-heavy Nasdaq index, further signalling a strong preference for companies who can generate cash.

  • Things not looking good, startups should take money even on previous round’s terms: Y Combinator tells founders May 19, 2022 07:31 PM IST

    Things not looking good, startups should take money even on previous round’s terms: Y Combinator tells founders

    The startup accelerator says a company that has raised Series A funding at pre-product-market fit, should not expect another round to happen until it has hit product-market fit, in the current economic downturn.

  • Y-Combinator-backed BharatX raises $4.5 million in seed round May 12, 2022 01:13 PM IST

    Y-Combinator-backed BharatX raises $4.5 million in seed round

    The Y-Combinator-backed startup plans to use the funds to build and expand its team, work on products and expand footprint

  • Cashfree Payments invests $15 million in UAE-based payment gateway Telr November 30, 2021 07:35 AM IST

    Cashfree Payments invests $15 million in UAE-based payment gateway Telr

    Cashfree aims to become the top payment service provider in the Middle East and North Africa region in the coming years. With Telr, Cashfree will develop a unified cross-border payments platform to help Indian merchants accept payments from customers in the MENA region and vice-versa.

  • Akudo raises $4.2 million seed round from Y Combinator, JAFCO Asia, others September 27, 2021 01:59 PM IST

    Akudo raises $4.2 million seed round from Y Combinator, JAFCO Asia, others

    The seed round also saw participation from Tribe Capital, Cabra Capital, and marquee angels like Lalit Keshre (Groww co-founder), Rohit Taneja (Decentro co-founder) and others, a statement said.

  • Coronavirus pandemic | Y Combinator hunkers down, may work remotely for next batch    March 16, 2020 12:51 PM IST

    Coronavirus pandemic | Y Combinator hunkers down, may work remotely for next batch  

    The announcement is a blow to startups, as the US-based seed accelerator has increased its focus on India.

  • Razorpay raises $20mn from Tiger Global, others January 15, 2018 01:08 PM IST

    Razorpay raises $20mn from Tiger Global, others

    The series B round also saw participation from Matrix Partners. The company has raised USD 31.5 million till date, including from the present round.

  • Y Combinator's partners share funding tips for entrepreneurs September 26, 2016 10:15 PM IST

    Y Combinator's partners share funding tips for entrepreneurs

    Entrepreneurs should be armed with a plan B if the funding tap dries up, that's the word coming in from the world's most powerful startup incubator Y Combinator, whose successes include the likes of Airbnb, Dropbox and Reddit.