Y Combinator (YC)

Activity from announced rounds

Activity in this selectionOct 27, 2026 · Oct 21, 2026

Y Combinator funds early-stage startups through a three-month accelerator in San Francisco, with four batches a year and a standard $500,000 investment for accepted companies.

The investment consists of $125,000 for 7% of the company and $375,000 on an uncapped SAFE with a most-favoured-nation provision. The second SAFE adds to YC’s ownership when it converts, so the full $500,000 is not exchanged for a fixed 7% stake.

During the batch, founders work with YC partners in individual and group office hours, build toward Demo Day and use the alumni community for feedback, hiring and introductions. Companies can apply before launch; YC also accepts businesses that already have users and revenue.

Sources
Rounds participated in
3
Confirmed lead rounds
0
All roles disclosed
New companies
2
First participation on record · 1 follow-on
Funding in participating rounds
$205.5M
3 disclosed · full round size, not this investor’s share

By stage

Series C+2
Seed1

By primary sector

Developer tools1
Healthtech1
Industrial tech1

By country

United States3

Rounds

3 in this selection
BioStack

BioStack builds clinical data pipelines and realistic training environments for healthcare and drug-discovery AI.

$9.5MSeed
Participant
Tractian

Industrial asset monitoring company combining sensors and AI to diagnose equipment problems and guide maintenance.

$130MSeries D
Participant
Blacksmith

Cloud infrastructure for building and testing software through continuous integration workflows.

$66MSeries C
Participant