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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

Past deals in Outdoor Advertising

Parade

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Parade’s software creates unique branded marketing materials automatically. Companies use our product to instantly generate a style guide, marketing emails, social media posts, and more, all without a human in the loop.

Allscreen

Seed Round in 2020
Allscreen distributes branded video content to places like Twitter, CNN, Fox, and Facebook to help build an audience for advertisers and publishers.

Paneau

Seed Round in 2020
Paneau Inc. provides a rideshare advertising platform and utilizes rideshares to deliver digital out of home ads. The company puts tablets inside cabs and allows advertisers to display interactive content directly to riders. It also provides a gift card sharing platform for local businesses to sell and redeem gift cards that integrate directly into the customers' mobile wallet. Paneau Inc. was founded in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Matagora

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Their platform empowers online brands by allowing them to seamlessly access offline traffic which leads to an increase in their online sales & brand awareness. Through partnering with physical storefronts whom are willing to shop share their available spaces, you are able to capitalise on the omnichannel shopping experience.

Grabb-It

Seed Round in 2018
Grabb-It is a location based advertising platform that allows advertisers the opportunity to reach the consumers near the point of purchase. Grabb-It can strategically place your message in front of millions of shoppers around malls, high traffic venues and events giving advertisers an opportunity to reach a highly captive audience. Grabb-It achieves driving the message to a hyper targeted audience by tapping in to the ride sharing economy where digital advertising and static OOH signage fails.

AALO

Seed Round in 2018
AALO BD LTD is a digital media technology startup based in Dhanmondi, Bangladesh, founded in 2018. The company specializes in providing digital advertising and promotion services for businesses, government organizations, and individuals. AALO offers a range of services, including creative planning, content production, public relations, and media planning. Notably, the company enhances brand visibility by running advertisements on transport vehicles through the installation of monitors. Additionally, AALO develops applications that facilitate digital advertising tools, aiming to improve brand awareness and customer engagement for its clients.

Lightout

Seed Round in 2018
Lightout Inc. is a digital outdoor advertising company based in San Francisco, California. It specializes in providing a smart billboard platform that enables the creation of advertising campaigns and offers a real-time dashboard for monitoring performance. The company's services facilitate effective outdoor advertising by leveraging technology to enhance the visibility and management of billboard campaigns.

Bulletin

Seed Round in 2017
Bulletin, Inc. is a wholesale marketplace that connects individual designers and brands with retailers, facilitating the sale of a diverse range of products online, including home decor, kitchen items, bedding, furniture, lighting, jewelry, and cards. In addition to its online platform, Bulletin also provides shared storefronts and utilizes vacant commercial spaces to showcase and sell the works of emerging designers in person. Founded in 2015 and based in New York, Bulletin aims to create a community that supports premium brands while offering a unique shopping experience.

Kuhcoon

Seed Round in 2015
Operator of a cloud based online advertising platform intended to create ad campaigns. The company's cloud based online advertising platform manages and creates ad campaigns using Facebook, automates the workflow of digital advertisers and optimizes their ad spend on the internet using big data, enabling companies to create ad campaigns and acquire and retain more customers.

MotionLead

Seed Round in 2014
Motionlead empowers advertisers and publishers to reach their audience through a unique advertising experience thanks to transparent, animated and interactive ads that come on top of native and web apps without stopping user navigation

LeanMarket

Seed Round in 2012
LeanMarket is a developer of a mobile advertisement platform that focuses on optimizing advertising placements for users. The platform allows clients to automatically bid on advertisement impressions without the need for sales representatives or long-term commitments. Users can make payments via credit card, facilitating a straightforward transaction process. LeanMarket provides in-depth customer behavior reports, enabling advertisers to create targeted campaigns that maximize performance and effectiveness. Through its advertising optimization network, LeanMarket aims to simplify the advertising process, making it accessible and efficient for businesses looking to enhance their marketing strategies.

Flagr

Seed Round in 2006
Flagr enables users to share places, adding photos, video and descriptions from their mobile phone. They can then create maps and embed them on any website.

Airtime

Seed Round in 2005
Airtime allows companies to market their products in their email signatures.