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Published · transcript-backedAnu Hariharan: belief
12 May 2022 Acquired Arena Show Part I: Idea Dinner + YC Continuity
“I would say we've always been under capitalized relative to the success of YC company.”
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- Speaker
- Anu Hariharan
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- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 12 May 2022
- Publisher
- Acquired
Transcript context
…Wow, so even less than I thought. We have 3500 companies that have gone through YC, so we've done less than 1%. It's for two reasons. We pretty much were a startup within YC. When we first launched, we were holding our investment strategy—what's right and what makes sense for the broader YC. I would say we've always been under capitalized relative to the success of YC company. We are changing that. But every time we change that, the batch size grows and they're more successful. YC has just had a ridiculous track record. I'm sure there's some vanity stat that you know off the top of your head. Is it total combined market cap of all YC companies?…
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