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• PORTFOLIO NEWS Fintech startup SaveIN raises funds, takes total seed round to $8 Mn Yassir pulls in $150M for its super app, led by Bond Wyvern raises $7 million for hyperspectral imaging constellation Albedo Raises $48M Series A to Capture the Highest Resolution Satellite Imagery Fintech platform GroMo raises $11mn in series A led by SIG Venture Capital Fly
• io Raises $12M in Series A; $25M in Series B Impossible Mining Raises $10
• 1M in Seed funding SG climate platform Unravel Carbon raises $7
• 38M seed round Fintech startup Jeeves raises $180M, quadruples valuation to $2
• 1B in half a year Aviron raises $18
• 5M as it plans to expand its entertainment content MarketForce raises USD40m in Series A Tiger Global and Greycroft back Nigerian investment app Bamboo in $15M round Turing Labs, which uses AI to help formulate CPG products, raises $16
• 5M Airbyte: $150 Million Series B Funding And $1
• 5 Billion Valuation Payflow closes EUR8m funding round Together lands $6
• 2 million CAD to pair mentors and mentees in companies Rental lead converter Zuma emerges from beta, raises $6
• 7M Flat
• mx’s $20M Series A Financing Queenly Raises $6
• 3M in Funding Led by Andreessen Horowitz Gap acquires Drapr to offer virtual try on option READ MORE Fintech startup SaveIN raises funds, takes total seed round to $8 Mn Yassir pulls in $150M for its super app, led by Bond Wyvern raises $7 million for hyperspectral imaging constellation Albedo Raises $48M Series A to Capture the Highest Resolution Satellite Imagery Fintech platform GroMo raises $11mn in series A led by SIG Venture Capital Fly io Raises $12M in Series A; $25M in Series B Impossible Mining Raises $10 1M in Seed funding SG climate platform Unravel Carbon raises $7 38M seed round Fintech startup Jeeves raises $180M, quadruples valuation to $2 1B in half a year Aviron raises $18 5M as it plans to expand its entertainment content MarketForce raises USD40m in Series A Tiger Global and Greycroft back Nigerian investment app Bamboo in $15M round Turing Labs, which uses AI to help formulate CPG products, raises $16 5M Airbyte: $150 Million Series B Funding And $1 5 Billion Valuation Payflow closes EUR8m funding round Together lands $6 2 million CAD to pair mentors and mentees in companies Rental lead converter Zuma emerges from beta, raises $6 7M Flat mx’s $20M Series A Financing Queenly Raises $6 3M in Funding Led by Andreessen Horowitz Gap acquires Drapr to offer virtual try on option

On the Y Combinator “premium” (2022 update)

One of the most common complaints I hear amongst Y Combinator startup investors is their sky-high valuations It’s not uncommon for YC startups to raise capital at 2-3 times the valuation of their non-YC

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On the life and death of Y Combinator startups

I’ve written much over the years about the incredible success of Y Combinator startups, but as any experienced startup founder or investor knows, there is a dark side to technology innovation… lots of startups just don’t

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On YC startup exits

As a venture capital fund manager, one of the questions I’m asked most often by LPs is “How long will it take to get my money back?” At Rebel Fund, our job is to invest in the top 5–10% of new Y Combinator

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On 101 Y Combinator unicorns

In August 2022, Y Combinator released its latest Top Companies list, now including 314 private and 16 public YC startups each valued at over $150M YC officially reported ‘over 80’ of these startups to be valued at over $1B, but our best estimate is there are

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