Y Combinator is fattening the checks and will invest $500,000 per startup

to accelerator built p She announced that she would be pumping more capital into her startups: $500,000 to be exact. That means it’s fattening the check for $375,000, well above the traditional $125,000 limit for a 7% stake – which is still part of the deal. The additional contribution will be made through a mechanism known as the Most Favored Nation (MFN), which is complementary to the secure contract you created built p. With the MFN, the terms of the agreement will follow the best terms negotiated by the startup in the future investment round.

So, basically, the YC Ensure yourself a more relevant share of companies, as well as give them the option of getting more start-up resources and development for a longer period before raising a new round. Meanwhile, startups accelerated by YC, which was already considered expensive, tends to become more expensive!

“This is the kind of deal we’ve been wanting to deliver for years. Thanks to the recent success of our companies, including 10 IPOs in 2021, we can now turn that into a reality.” Together, companies built p Its value is estimated at about 400 billion US dollars. The list includes giants such as AirbnbAnd drop boxAnd Queen Piece e Rabbi.

According to the accelerator, the new size invested will allow the company’s founders to focus on launching, building and positioning startups, removing immediate pressure to raise funds and accepting less business-friendly terms.

Dalton Caldwell, Managing Director, Architect and Partner at YCIf the business remains weak, he added, it is “more than enough capital to survive for years, regardless of the economic environment.” “We hope that this agreement will encourage more founders of any age, demographic or geography to take the leap into the world of startups, and sign up for YC and build your successful company,” he says Release From the company.

accession of latin america

In August, the 33rd show day of built p It welcomed 377 startups, 50% of which came from outside the US, mostly from India, the UK and Mexico.

Of the total, 46 were Latino companies (more than 10%), led by Mexico (17) and Brazil (12). Also in attendance were Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela, which was organized by the accelerator for companies to present themselves to investors.

Some Brazilian companies are already part of the portfolio built p. of between it joggingwhich provides ready-made publications with images, text and hashtags for companies of different sectors, Apstra, a no-code tool for businesses to build in-house applications without having to hire developers, Geomarketing and Geographic Intelligence platform in the cloud Date.