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Companies which have publicly disclosed that were rejected by YC and have since raised >$20m: * Chartboost * Sendgrid * LightSail I've seen it claimed that Couchbase should be on this list, but I've never seen a primary source which verifies that they were rejected from YC.
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I wonder if investors consider it a negative to be a top company in another accelerator then. "Did you apply to and get rejected by YC?" must be a common question many investors now ask of companies that aren't YC alumni.
>> ""Did you apply to and get rejected by YC?" must be a common question many investors now ask of companies that aren't YC alumni." Is this a guess or do you have anything to back it up? It seems really strange to me. An investor shouldn't be judging you based on the judgement of another investor.
Hah!
You're right of course, but this happens all. the. time.
Investors and VCs are far from immune to herd mentality.
Companies which have publicly disclosed that were rejected by YC and have since raised >$20m: * Chartboost * Sendgrid * LightSail I've seen it claimed that Couchbase should be on this list, but I've never seen a primary source which verifies that they were rejected from YC.
Buffer is very popular. https://open.buffer.com/buffers-y-combinator-application/
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>> ""Did you apply to and get rejected by YC?" must be a common question many investors now ask of companies that aren't YC alumni." Is this a guess or do you have anything to back it up? It seems really strange to me. An investor shouldn't be judging you based on the judgement of another investor.
>> An investor shouldn't be judging you based on the judgement of another investor. Hah! You're right of course, but this happens all. the. time. Investors and VCs are far from immune to herd mentality.
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To provide another perspective to integrate into your decisions. Listening to people doesn't mean doing what they say.
Sure, then what's wrong in Sam warning them about something?
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I wonder if investors consider it a negative to be a top company in another accelerator then. "Did you apply to and get rejected by YC?" must be a common question many investors now ask of companies that aren't YC alumni.
>> ""Did you apply to and get rejected by YC?" must be a common question many investors now ask of companies that aren't YC alumni." Is this a guess or do you have anything to back it up? It seems really strange to me. An investor shouldn't be judging you based on the judgement of another investor.
Companies which have publicly disclosed that were rejected by YC and have since raised >$20m: * Chartboost * Sendgrid * LightSail I've seen it claimed that Couchbase should be on this list, but I've never seen a primary source which verifies that they were rejected from YC.
Companies which have publicly disclosed that were rejected by YC and have since raised >$20m: * Chartboost * Sendgrid * LightSail I've seen it claimed that Couchbase should be on this list, but I've never seen a primary source which verifies that they were rejected from YC.
Is there some kind of rule that every startup name has to be of the form NounNoun or VerbNoun?
