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Pre-Pitch Briefing

Aaron Epstein

General Partner at Y Combinator

Idea stagePre-revenuePre-Series A

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How to Pitch Them

YC's current guidance is to apply online as soon as you're ready, not wait for more traction, and not worry about needing an introduction. YC says about 40% of funded companies are just an idea, and that it considers all applications equally rather than relying on warm intros.

Y Combinator Portfolio

Top Sectors

Marketplace4
Social1
Payments1
Logistics1
Fintech1

Stage Distribution

IPO4
Series E2
Series I1
Series G1
Series D1
2000+ YC companies
$5.0M
Cruise
$5.0M
Kalshi
$1000.0M
RedditSocial
IPO$5.0M
StripePayments
Series I$6500.0M
FaireMarketplace
Series G$400.0M
FlexportLogistics
Series E$935.0M
BrexFintech
Series D$300.0M
RetoolDevTools
Series B$45.0M
InstacartMarketplace
Series E$2700.0M

+ 4 more investments. View fund →

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