Category: yc
Peak XV’s latest Surge batch is 77% AI and deeptech startups
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in Asia, Dozer, india, Mercu, Neurowyzr, Peak XV Partners, Sequoia India, Startups, venture, Y Combinator, ycAI and other deep technologies are the prevailing themes in the new early-stage cohort from Peak XV Partners, as the largest India and Southeast Asia-focused VC fund intensifies its search for opportunities in a sector garnering international frenzy. T…
YC says visa challenges hampering participation of international founders
The most recent cohort from Y Combinator features more than 200 startups. More than a record half of the S23 startups focus on AI applications, highlighting a dominant trend we can expect in the coming years. The S23 is remarkable for at least one more…
Access code: Evidence brings open source BI to technical data teams
From Tableau and Looker, to PowerBI and beyond, there are no shortage of business intelligence (BI) tools designed to help companies unlock insights from their vast swathes of data. But a newcomer has arrived on the scene with some fresh BI smarts in t…
A program so nice, these founders did YC twice
Parker Conrad may be best known as the founder of both Zenefits and Rippling, but he is also arguably the best-known founder to have gone through Y Combinator’s accelerator program twice. Of course, he’s not the only one to go through the p…
Fintech startup Jeeves raises $57M, goes from YC to $500M valuation in one year
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This post is by Mary Ann Azevedo from Fundings & Exits – TechCrunch Last summer, Jeeves was participating in Y Combinator’s summer batch as a fledgling fintech. This June, the startup emerged from stealth with $31 million in equity and $100 million in debt financing. Today, the company, which is building an “all-in-one expense management…
The huge TAM of fake breaded chicken bits
This post is by Natasha Mascarenhas from Fundings & Exits – TechCrunch Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. We’re closing our survey soon, so this is your last chance (probably) to get your voice heard! Despite it being a short week, as always, it…
Cataclysms are a growth industry
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in 911, consumer, cornea, disaster tech, equity, Equity podcast, Fire, Fundings & Exits, Gridware, Mental Health, Perimeter, Startups, TC, Y Combinator, ycThis post is by Natasha Mascarenhas from Fundings & Exits – TechCrunch Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. For this week’s deep dive, Alex and Natasha dug into Danny’s latest mega-project: A long, fascinating, and deeply-reported series into the world of disaster tech. It’s all about…