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Bhagia: Y Combinator is the only VC brand that outlived its founders
“I think everybody else, the, how much of an institution you build, if the people change the funds ranking changes. Like Kleiner Perkins used to be one of the top funds. They then went down, right? That cycle keeps repeating in the Valley as well by sees the on…”
Mohnot: 2012 YC batches were higher quality and one-tenth today's size
“Like, you know, at the time, the YC demo days were one 10th the size that they are today, and the quality was higher.”
Bajaria: Y Combinator Downsized His Batch to 47 After Processes Broke
“And in our batch, they went down to 47 companies. And the reason they did that is because they found that their whole process was broken for that thing.”
Bhagia: Y Combinator funded 60 Indian startups in 2021 before pulling back
“So they did 60 from India in one year, 20, 21. After that, they've fallen off at least India. They're not doing as much.”
Zepto raised $9M, $50M, and $100M rounds in a six-month window
“I mean, the overall round is about nine million. And then fifty million led by Gladebrook and then a hundred million led by Y Comrader. That was, I believe July, 21 to December, 21.”
Narayana: Observe.ai raised an $8M seed out of YC before demo day
“Before demo day, we actually raised, at that time, outside Justin Khan's big round, because it was, we raised the largest seed round out of YC. An eight million seed round was the largest seed round.”
Ahluwalia's angel investments include Airmeet, inFeedo, Rocketium, and Affable
“We invested in Airmeet as the first check along with Axel. We invested in Infido along, you know, with Y Combinator, and then after a few months, Tiger Global came in along with Jungle Venture. Similarly, Rocketium, Affable, we invested in, and this journey ke…”