YC Series A Program

#1

Post by jameshk » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 7:38 PM UTC

YC Series A Program
blog.ycombinator.com

Re: YC Series A Program

#2

Post by CyrusL » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 7:49 PM UTC

For people who don't read the article and jump straight to the comments: YC is not leading Series A rounds.

YC is creating a program to help improve outcomes for portfolio companies that go on to raise a Series A from other VCs.

Re: YC Series A Program

#3

Post by imbusy111 » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 8:01 PM UTC

How much is 550 millimeterdollars worth?

Re: YC Series A Program

#4

Post by jacquesm » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 8:02 PM UTC

A good chunk of this information would be useful to non-YC companies as well, I really hope they will open up the bits that do not require physical presence in SV.

Re: YC Series A Program

#5

Post by dyarosla » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 8:08 PM UTC

imbusy111 wrote: post #3

How much is 550 millimeterdollars worth?

I didn't downvote you, but MM in Roman numerals is million. It is also common enough to represent roman numerals in lowercase that mm, as used here, is totally valid.

Re: YC Series A Program

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Post by imbusy111 » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 8:11 PM UTC

dyarosla wrote: post #5

imbusy111 wrote: post #3

How much is 550 millimeterdollars worth?

I didn't downvote you, but MM in Roman numerals is million. It is also common enough to represent roman numerals in lowercase that mm, as used here, is totally valid.

Million is M, not mm or MM or M&M

Re: YC Series A Program

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Post by akharris » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 8:11 PM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #4

A good chunk of this information would be useful to non-YC companies as well, I really hope they will open up the bits that do not require physical presence in SV.

That's definitely part of our plan. We'd like to expose both data and some of the tools we're building.

Re: YC Series A Program

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 8:12 PM UTC

imbusy111 wrote: post #6

dyarosla wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I didn't downvote you, but MM in Roman numerals is million. It is also common enough to represent roman numerals in lowercase that mm, as used here, is totally valid.

Million is M, not mm or MM or M&M

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Re: YC Series A Program

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Post by noahmbarr » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 8:15 PM UTC

imbusy111 wrote: post #6

dyarosla wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I didn't downvote you, but MM in Roman numerals is million. It is also common enough to represent roman numerals in lowercase that mm, as used here, is totally valid.

Million is M, not mm or MM or M&M

I believe some parts of the world, particularly in Europe, interpret $500M as $500 * 10^3 (not $500 * 10^6)...So some use $500MM to universally avoid this confusion

Re: YC Series A Program

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Post by jacquesm » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 8:16 PM UTC

akharris wrote: post #7

jacquesm wrote: post #4

A good chunk of this information would be useful to non-YC companies as well, I really hope they will open up the bits that do not require physical presence in SV.

That's definitely part of our plan. We'd like to expose both data and some of the tools we're building.

That's very nice, for all companies that are not part of the SV ecosystem this will be a major asset.