HACKER Q&A
📣 localfirst

What is the success rate of those that join YC?


curious to know what the success rate of those that join YC is?

Success as in they reach IPO or cashed out in secondary markets or acquired for at least 1000% ROI (10x bagger)

What does the % look like here roughly?

For those still grinding it out, are they profitable and able to generate their own runway from enterprise sales?

Of those that failed to get any acquisition or ROI, what is the % rate look like there?

  👤 muzani Accepted Answer ✓
They put in $150k at 7% then top that up to $500k later on if the company raises more. The first batch was low, like $10k or something, couldn't find the exact numbers anymore.

There's a page of their bigger successes: https://www.ycombinator.com/topcompanies/public

But those are the bigger ones. There's small ones that bring value to the world like OMGPOP, that made that Draw Something game that was sadly acquired by Zynga for $200m.

Apparently they've invested in over 5000 companies. That's $750m-$2.5b. Their top 10 exits probably covers that.

👤 keiferski
I can't vouch for the accuracy of this data, but it might be useful to you:

https://seed-db.com/accelerators/viewall?acceleratorid=1011

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13HIAEwspdjqKENvi5uHJ...