Incubator RoundUp 2008 (YC, TechStars, DreamIt, LaunchBox)

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Post by morgang » Fri, Jan 09, 2009, 4:46 AM UTC

Incubator RoundUp 2008 (YC, TechStars, DreamIt, LaunchBox)
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Re: Incubator RoundUp 2008 (YC, TechStars, DreamIt, LaunchBox)

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Post by pg » Fri, Jan 09, 2009, 4:51 AM UTC

Many of the YC startups listed there have had more than seed funding. They just didn't announce it. Two others haven't bothered to raise money because they were already profitable and didn't want the distraction.

Re: Incubator RoundUp 2008 (YC, TechStars, DreamIt, LaunchBox)

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Post by qhoxie » Fri, Jan 09, 2009, 5:02 AM UTC

pg wrote: post #2

Many of the YC startups listed there have had more than seed funding. They just didn't announce it. Two others haven't bothered to raise money because they were already profitable and didn't want the distraction.

I believe the same is true for companies in the other incubators; a lot of funding has not been announced.

Re: Incubator RoundUp 2008 (YC, TechStars, DreamIt, LaunchBox)

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Post by morgang » Fri, Jan 09, 2009, 5:05 AM UTC

Yes only compiled public info.

Re: Incubator RoundUp 2008 (YC, TechStars, DreamIt, LaunchBox)

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Post by schoudha » Fri, Jan 09, 2009, 5:45 AM UTC

pg wrote: post #2

Many of the YC startups listed there have had more than seed funding. They just didn't announce it. Two others haven't bothered to raise money because they were already profitable and didn't want the distraction.

Being profitable doesn't mean you not should raise money. If anything it's an opportunity to raise money on favorable terms as you don't need VCs.

Re: Incubator RoundUp 2008 (YC, TechStars, DreamIt, LaunchBox)

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Post by pg » Fri, Jan 09, 2009, 5:49 AM UTC

schoudha wrote: post #5

pg wrote: post #2

Many of the YC startups listed there have had more than seed funding. They just didn't announce it. Two others haven't bothered to raise money because they were already profitable and didn't want the distraction.

Being profitable doesn't mean you not should raise money. If anything it's an opportunity to raise money on favorable terms as you don't need VCs.

Four were (ramen) profitable by Demo Day this summer. Two of those did take money from investors. The other two might still at some point. All four have had offers.

Re: Incubator RoundUp 2008 (YC, TechStars, DreamIt, LaunchBox)

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Post by rantfoil » Fri, Jan 09, 2009, 7:28 AM UTC

Note that this is not the most up to date compete.com numbers. The latest came out today.

Re: Incubator RoundUp 2008 (YC, TechStars, DreamIt, LaunchBox)

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Post by aneesh » Fri, Jan 09, 2009, 8:13 AM UTC

Also note that for several of these (like Frogmetrics, Picwing, and others), pageviews aren't the best metric of "success" because the website isn't the product.