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Y Combinator

Y Combinator is a startup accelerator based in Mountain View, California, founded in 2005. It has pioneered a new funding model for early-stage startups by investing a modest amount of capital, typically around $150,000, in a large number of companies twice a year. Over a three-month program, Y Combinator collaborates closely with these startups to prepare them for investor pitches and enhance their business strategies. Each funding cycle concludes with Demo Day, where startups present to an exclusive audience of investors. Y Combinator focuses on various sectors, including business software, education, healthcare, and financial technology, among others. In addition to initial funding, it offers ongoing support through its extensive alumni network. Since its inception, Y Combinator has funded over 630 startups, contributing significantly to the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Silicon Valley and beyond.

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Gustaf Alstromer

Group Partner

Matt Bogrand

Associate, YC Continuity Fund

Timothy Brady

Partner

Craig R. Cannon

Director of Marketing

Adora Cheung

Partner

Nic Dardenne

Principal

Aaron Epstein

Group Partner

Brad Flora

Group Partner

Jared Friedman

Managing Director, Software and Group Partner

Aaron Harris

Partner

Carolynn Levy

Partner

Bradford (Brad) Lightcap

Associate, YC Continuity

Kat Manalac

Managing Partner

Eric Migicovsky

Partner

Kirsty Nathoo

Partner

Verena Prescher

Director of Finance

Geoff Ralston

president

Ali Rowghani

Managing Partner

Arnav Sahu

Principal

Michael Seibel

Managing Director

Harj Taggar

Partner

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Revery AI

Seed Round in 2021
Founded by 3 Computer Vision Phds at UIUC, Revery AI creates a scalable method to visualize garments on people. The technology powers a virtual dressing room where shoppers can mix & match outfits and visualize them on any model instantly online.

Lightly

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Building delightful AI-powered consumer products.

Quadrant Eye

Seed Round in 2021
QE is building remote eye exams. Our mission to is take all of eye care remote.

ClipDrop

Seed Round in 2021
ClipDrop is an app that turns regular mobile photos into professional product visuals.

MindPortal

Seed Round in 2021
MindPortal makes wearable devices for brain analysis and assessment. The companies brain-computer interface enables providers to make clinical decisions. Founded by Ekram Alam and Jack Baber in 2019 and is based in San Francisco, United States.

SuperPortal

Seed Round in 2020
SuperPortal is building a category-smashing video camera for streamers and professionals.

Reach Labs

Series A in 2018
Founded out of MIT, Reach Labs is deeply rooted in technology and design. Their mission is to empower the world with seamless connectivity.

Miru

Seed Round in 2018
Miru is a United States-based company that specializes in augmented reality technology, offering an application that enables users to visualize how various pieces of furniture will appear in their homes. The application facilitates this experience by allowing users to select items from multiple retailer websites, enhancing the decision-making process for home furnishings.

Arrow

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Arrow is a platform for augmented reality video sharing.

Piccolo

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Piccolo Labs Inc. develops vision assistant technology. It combines cameras equipped with Wi-Fi, artificial intelligence and artificial vision that can identify people's movements and gestures. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Jido Inc.

Seed Round in 2018
Jido is bringing in the next wave of AR where digital content can have a shared and persistent life in the real world. Our API uses intimate understanding of a users spatial context to preserve AR experiences across users and devices. Our research team came out of the Stanford Artifical Intelligence Labs and the Cornell Robot Learning Lab.

Pearl Coffee

Seed Round in 2017
Pearl Coffee is a company focused on developing coffee brewing machines designed for commercial use in offices, hotels, and restaurants. The company offers a unique service that combines the use of compostable single-serve whole bean coffee with a rotating selection of coffee offerings. This approach allows businesses to provide an artisanal café experience in their office canteens, enhancing the quality of coffee available to employees and guests. Pearl Coffee delivers these coffee products weekly, ensuring a fresh and diverse selection for its clients.

Sinovia Technologies

Seed Round in 2017
Sinovia Technologies, founded in 2011 and based in San Francisco, California, specializes in the manufacturing of transparent electrodes for touch screens used in electronic devices such as mobile phones and tablets, as well as in solid-state lighting applications. The company is focused on developing innovative materials that enable the production of thin, lightweight, and durable electronics at a low cost. Utilizing a roll-to-roll printing process similar to that used in the production of newspapers and magazines, Sinovia Technologies aims to advance the field of electronics through its proprietary technology.

Pantheon

Seed Round in 2017
Pantheon is a virtual reality app that allows anyone to create and share their own VR games.

ConstructVR

Seed Round in 2016
The simplest way for businesses to test, manage, and deploy enterprise in-house VR apps at scale.

Reach Labs

Seed Round in 2015
Founded out of MIT, Reach Labs is deeply rooted in technology and design. Their mission is to empower the world with seamless connectivity.

ScopeAR

Seed Round in 2015
Scope AR provides the world’s most advanced Augmented Reality Training Solutions. They are leading the way in this emerging market, using the latest in augmented glasses and software to provide an incredible real-time 3D overlay training solution. Scope AR is working with some of the world’s leading multi-national companies and government agencies to provide custom state-of-the-art training systems while continuing to innovate and create novel Augmented Reality Training Solutions.

Glassjar

Seed Round in 2015
Glassjar designs and develops software that enables its users to manage their flat's shared expenses. It offers Flatting, a software product that enables its users to keep track of their flat's expenses, including flat account, flat-mates, and payments. The company offers a dashboard that provides an overview of their flat accounts, such as how much is available to spend, each person’s ledger, and summaries of their previous spending. Glassjar was founded by Matthew Galloway and George Smith in 2013; and is headquartered in Wellington, New Zealand.

Meta View

Series A in 2015
Meta View is an electronic company that provides augmented and virtual reality solutions for various businesses in the United States. It offers wearable devices that provide augmented and virtual reality experience and other gadgets based on machine learning and artificial intelligence. Ben Sand, Meron Gribetz, and Raymond Lo founded Meta View in 2019. It has its headquarters in San Mateo in California.

VizeraLabs

Seed Round in 2014
VizeraLabs' current project, Vizera, is a smart projection device that performs accurate projections on physical objects. The current primary application of this technology is fabric simulation for furniture stores. The Vizera Projector has the potential to assist both consumers and retailers in the fabric selection process.

Meta View

Seed Round in 2013
Meta View is an electronic company that provides augmented and virtual reality solutions for various businesses in the United States. It offers wearable devices that provide augmented and virtual reality experience and other gadgets based on machine learning and artificial intelligence. Ben Sand, Meron Gribetz, and Raymond Lo founded Meta View in 2019. It has its headquarters in San Mateo in California.

Glassmap

Seed Round in 2011
Glassmap is a simple, beautiful way to show your friends where you are and what you are doing. Use it to coordinate meetings and hangouts, keep up with loved ones, and serendipitously discover who and what is around you.

Pebble

Angel Round in 2011
Pebble is a wearable, hardware, and software company that develops a technology designed for smart watches to connect with iPhone and Android smartphones using Bluetooth. The first model, InPulse, was created in April 2012 while the second generation, Pebble, was launched on the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform, where it became the most successful crowdfunded project in Kickstarter’s history, surpassing $10 million. Today, the company also sells accessories including leather, steel link and metal bands along with its popular collection of watches.