Anu Hariharan

Founder & Managing Partner, Avra · 1 appearance on the record.

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Anu Hariharan is the founder and managing partner of Avra, a firm providing growth funding and scaling programs for startups. She previously served as managing partner at Y Combinator's Continuity Fund and as an investment partner at Andreessen Horowitz.

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6 assertions · 2 opinions · 1 insight · 1 disclosure · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 6 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 5 are resolved, and 1 names no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

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Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Hariharan: YC Continuity Made 35 Investments in Seven Years
“So we've done 35 investments in seven years.”
Anu Hariharan May 12, 2022 ▶ 1:01:45 Arena Show Part I: Idea Dinner + YC Continuity · Acquired

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Everything Anu Hariharan said on Acquired that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Insight
Hariharan: Iteration speed is the single biggest predictor of founder success
“How fast do they ship? How fast do they iterate? Is the single biggest indicator and correlation to how successful they're going to be, how soon.”
Anu Hariharan May 12, 2022 ▶ 1:16:09 Arena Show Part I: Idea Dinner + YC Continuity · Acquired
Opinion
Hariharan: Y Combinator is the only venture platform with strong network effects
“Well, I think YC is the only platform that has strong network effects, and as all network effects have shown, if you, if we mess up The YC community, that, that is the, because it's, we are, we have this platform only because of the YC founders.”
Anu Hariharan May 12, 2022 ▶ 1:19:30 Arena Show Part I: Idea Dinner + YC Continuity · Acquired
Disclosure
Hariharan: Y Combinator requires only one partner's yes vote for admission
“On the early stage, it's only one group partner needs to say yes. Then the company is accepted into the batch”
Anu Hariharan May 12, 2022 ▶ 1:00:38 Arena Show Part I: Idea Dinner + YC Continuity · Acquired
Assertion Supported
Hariharan: YC Continuity Made 35 Investments in Seven Years
“So we've done 35 investments in seven years.”
Anu Hariharan May 12, 2022 ▶ 1:01:45 Arena Show Part I: Idea Dinner + YC Continuity · Acquired
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hariharan: India's top three recent breakout startups are all Y Combinator alumni
“In fact, the top three breakout companies in India in the last two years are all YC.”
Anu Hariharan May 12, 2022 ▶ 1:02:56 Arena Show Part I: Idea Dinner + YC Continuity · Acquired
Opinion
Hariharan: YC Continuity is highly undercapitalized relative to YC's massive success
“And so, I mean, as I said, we are highly undercapitalized for the success of YC companies.”
Anu Hariharan May 12, 2022 ▶ 1:21:36 Arena Show Part I: Idea Dinner + YC Continuity · Acquired
Assertion Supported
Hariharan: Half of Y Combinator's batch founders are now international
“50% of our batch is international.”
Anu Hariharan May 12, 2022 ▶ 49:42 Arena Show Part I: Idea Dinner + YC Continuity · Acquired
Assertion Supported
Hariharan: YC Has Around 4,000 Companies and Over 8,500 Alumni
“We have around 4000 companies and more than 8500 alumni.”
Anu Hariharan May 12, 2022 ▶ 52:20 Arena Show Part I: Idea Dinner + YC Continuity · Acquired
Assertion Partly supported
Hariharan: The median age of a Y Combinator founder is 27
“And remember, the median age of a YC founder is 27, which means they have probably managed a sum total of three people in their life before they founded the company.”
Anu Hariharan May 12, 2022 ▶ 1:07:12 Arena Show Part I: Idea Dinner + YC Continuity · Acquired
Assertion Supported
Hariharan: YC's acceptance rate remains under 3% and continues to decline
“You know, our acceptance rate is still below three percent, but yeah. Our acceptance rate has only decreased.”
Anu Hariharan May 12, 2022 ▶ 1:11:58 Arena Show Part I: Idea Dinner + YC Continuity · Acquired

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Appearances (1)

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Arena Show Part I: Idea Dinner + YC Continuity · Acquired May 12, 2022 21m
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