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Y Combinator Unloads Massive New Batch of Start-Ups

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Re: Y Combinator Unloads Massive New Batch of Start-Ups

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Post by murz »

bh42222 wrote: post #6

I know this is a silly thing to do, but based just on the descriptions my favorites are: 1. Quartzy this sounds trivial but could in fact be huge. Also, think about the trend of personalized medicine... 2. Munch On Me, I just like food :) 3. MarketBrief, this is exactly the kind of automation we need more of. 4. Stypi might be better as Google+ done right! 5. Science Exchange if this works, it could speed up R&D trem…

> 4. Stypi might be better as Google+ done right!

Maybe I'm confused, but how is an etherpad clone "Google+ done right"?

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Post by sim0n »

murz wrote: post #12
bh42222 wrote: post #6

I know this is a silly thing to do, but based just on the descriptions my favorites are: 1. Quartzy this sounds trivial but could in fact be huge. Also, think about the trend of personalized medicine... 2. Munch On Me, I just like food :) 3. MarketBrief, this is exactly the kind of automation we need more of. 4. Stypi might be better as Google+ done right! 5. Science Exchange if this works, it could speed up R&D trem…

> 4. Stypi might be better as Google+ done right! Maybe I'm confused, but how is an etherpad clone "Google+ done right"?

He may have meant Google Wave.

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Post by kapilkale »

jonmc12 wrote: post #3

Curious, only 32 of 63 are on the record. Seems like ratio was higher in previous classes. Any ideas why?

24/43 were on the record for YCW11, and 22/36 for YCS10.

So it goes 66% -> 55% -> 51% this batch. Not sure the reason for the trend, but it is getting harder to sift through this mass of startups.

http://allthingsd.com/20110322/meet-y-combinators-latest-cla... http://www.xconomy.com/san-francisco/2010/08/25/the-definiti...

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Post by jessep »

Saw demo day yesterday and it was pretty awesome. Lots of interesting startups, and the way Paul & co. coach teams to present is fun to watch. They really make what they're doing seem exciting. It's also kinda like bingo to figure out what the the common phrases they're coached to use are. This batch it seemed common to have some really awesome accomplishment such as "8 bajillion users within 3 seconds of launch," be followed by, "But this is just the beginning ..." or "This is just a trojan horse." We were coached similarly last year, but it definitely stuck out.

Anyway, a lot of them were really cool, some of the presentations were hilarious, and it just amplified the feeling that there a ton of enormous opportunities in software (which is pretty obvi.com, I suppose).

The most interesting trend I saw was a surprising number of cos focused on "the future of banner/display ads".

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Post by pbreit »

callmeed wrote: post #7

Ok, hold on. This page totally just got updated and some links/listings were removed. I printed it to read at lunch 45 mins ago ... I came back and refreshed and a certain listing was gone (wanted to hit the link). What's up with that?

I suspect the author accidentally included some "off the record" companies.

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Post by jayzee »

shiven wrote: post #9

I guess I am late to the party, but I feel I must voice this opinion since Quartzy is listed. Also, comments on the original Quartzy submission are closed ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2744408 ). Must've escaped my notice, being busy defending my doctoral thesis and all. --- Working in an exceptionally well-organized lab (in terms of ordering etc.) and still having iLab shoved down our collective throats ( h…

hey Shiven, This is Jayant, a Quartzy founder. We know 100% where you are coming from. We are scientists ourselves and know the pain exactly as you are describing it. Send me an email and I would love to chat with you and tell you about our vision for Quartzy!

Cheers and congrats on defending your thesis! Jayant (jayant@quartzy.com)

Re: Y Combinator Unloads Massive New Batch of Start-Ups

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Post by jayzee »

bh42222 wrote: post #6

I know this is a silly thing to do, but based just on the descriptions my favorites are: 1. Quartzy this sounds trivial but could in fact be huge. Also, think about the trend of personalized medicine... 2. Munch On Me, I just like food :) 3. MarketBrief, this is exactly the kind of automation we need more of. 4. Stypi might be better as Google+ done right! 5. Science Exchange if this works, it could speed up R&D trem…

thanks for putting us on your list! We think we are on to something ;)

Re: Y Combinator Unloads Massive New Batch of Start-Ups

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Post by iamelgringo »

It’s just a larger percentage of the total pool of start-ups is coming through Y Combinator.

Angel List has helped over 500 companies get funded in the last year. Angel pad launched 24 companies, IO Ventures launced 14, 500 Startups launched 24 in the last few months.

I'd argue that more and more people are doing startups, and that the market for early capital is more efficient than it's ever been.

Great batch of companies. Kudos.

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