37 YC Companies have valuations of or been sold for at least $40 Million • Hacker News Board

Re: 37 YC Companies have valuations of or been sold for at least $40 Million

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Post by pg » Mon, May 27, 2013, 5:04 AM UTC

icpmacdo wrote: post #19

pg wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The total valuation of those 511 is currently about $11.5 billion. We ourselves don't know the percentage owned by founders. But considering that investors continually complain that YC companies are overpriced, it may be higher than the industry average.

I find it interesting that the current average valuation of a YC company is 22.5 million which is almost identical to what it was 2 years ago when there was 210 companys "the average value of startups we've funded is about $22.4 million" http://ycombinator.com/nums.html

That is interesting. The reason it hasn't changed is convertible notes. Now most of the fundraising immediately after Demo Day is on notes. Since a note doesn't establish a valuation, we add zero to the total valuation for those companies. So the number you get by dividing the total valuation by 511 ends up being pretty conservative; it's equivalent to assuming all the companies that have raised money on notes will go out of business.

The average valuation of the 268 of those 511 companies that have valuations (by being acquired, raising an equity round, or going out of business, in which case it's zero) is $43 million.

Re: 37 YC Companies have valuations of or been sold for at least $40 Million

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, May 27, 2013, 5:15 AM UTC

jwheeler79 wrote: post #21

A 'valuation' and a sale are completely different things. Silicon Valley VCs are annoying as all hell. They get lucky once and all of a sudden they're Warren Buffett.

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Re: 37 YC Companies have valuations of or been sold for at least $40 Million

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Post by seferphier » Mon, May 27, 2013, 5:15 AM UTC

rdl wrote: post #9

After meeting the Rap Genius guys, I'm not at all surprised they were over $40mm valuation.

can u elaborate a little more? i checked out the website, i'm not that impressed about the execution or the idea.

Re: 37 YC Companies have valuations of or been sold for at least $40 Million

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Post by wilfra » Mon, May 27, 2013, 5:21 AM UTC

seferphier wrote: post #33

rdl wrote: post #9

After meeting the Rap Genius guys, I'm not at all surprised they were over $40mm valuation.

can u elaborate a little more? i checked out the website, i'm not that impressed about the execution or the idea.

The founders on stage at TC Disrupt NYC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NAzQPll7Lo

Re: 37 YC Companies have valuations of or been sold for at least $40 Million

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Post by rdl » Mon, May 27, 2013, 5:30 AM UTC

seferphier wrote: post #33

rdl wrote: post #9

After meeting the Rap Genius guys, I'm not at all surprised they were over $40mm valuation.

can u elaborate a little more? i checked out the website, i'm not that impressed about the execution or the idea.

I was in the same batch of YC with them, so I saw them fairly frequently. We had a discussion about Gettier Problems ("justified true belief") entirely sober, as well as normal startup stuff, so they are obviously smart.

The "rapper/swag" thing is not all of their personality.

Re: 37 YC Companies have valuations of or been sold for at least $40 Million

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Post by interg12 » Mon, May 27, 2013, 5:34 AM UTC

Disqus is worth way more than $40 million. It's going to become one of the largest ad networks on the web with its insane publisher base.

Re: 37 YC Companies have valuations of or been sold for at least $40 Million

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Post by kayoone » Mon, May 27, 2013, 5:40 AM UTC

wilfra wrote: post #34

seferphier wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

can u elaborate a little more? i checked out the website, i'm not that impressed about the execution or the idea.

The founders on stage at TC Disrupt NYC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NAzQPll7Lo

skipping through that video without sound gives me the impression that this is a video about all thats wrong with the startup scene. Everybody on that stage looks like a complete douche, even the TC guy.

I know they probably want to portray a certain image, but gawd...Sunglasses WTF ?

Re: 37 YC Companies have valuations of or been sold for at least $40 Million

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Post by westoque » Mon, May 27, 2013, 5:42 AM UTC

Although I do question what being "acquired" means?

I know a friend of mine who sold his YC company and left. So I guess for him he was just wanted to make a quick exit.

Re: 37 YC Companies have valuations of or been sold for at least $40 Million

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Post by timtamboy63 » Mon, May 27, 2013, 5:50 AM UTC

kayoone wrote: post #37

wilfra wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The founders on stage at TC Disrupt NYC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NAzQPll7Lo

skipping through that video without sound gives me the impression that this is a video about all thats wrong with the startup scene. Everybody on that stage looks like a complete douche, even the TC guy. I know they probably want to portray a certain image, but gawd...Sunglasses WTF ?

Wow yeah, I'm sure they're brilliant, but they seem like massive douchebags

Re: 37 YC Companies have valuations of or been sold for at least $40 Million

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Post by dataisfun » Mon, May 27, 2013, 6:01 AM UTC

rdl wrote: post #35

seferphier wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

can u elaborate a little more? i checked out the website, i'm not that impressed about the execution or the idea.

I was in the same batch of YC with them, so I saw them fairly frequently. We had a discussion about Gettier Problems ("justified true belief") entirely sober, as well as normal startup stuff, so they are obviously smart. The "rapper/swag" thing is not all of their personality.

Oh man Gettier problems! That takes me back :)