Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. LP contributions to VC firms shrunk from 2000 and by 2005-2008 had stabilized to around $30 billion per year. If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry.

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Y Combinator

AUGUST 5, 2019

How tech startup fundraising changed from 2005 to now. In 2005, when Y Combinator started, there was already a well developed ecosystem of venture capital firms in Silicon Valley and Boston. The startup is typically incubated out of the VC’s offices. But access to those venture capital firms was limited.

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Jason Calacanis

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Co-location providers and office sharing started, as did remote work and offshore developers. APIs and open-source software cut costs and developer cycles dramatically. ” “If only I had started a company at the start of the internet!” ” “If only I had started a company during web 2.0 and ZIRP).

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Starting a tech company today costs 99% less than it did 18 years ago when Y Combinator was started ( today and 2005 ), largely due to the emergence of cloud technologies, no-code tools, and artificial intelligence. has nearly quadrupled in the same time period (investments from 2005 to 2015 and total investments through 2021 ).

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

A significant event came with acquisition by AOL of the the ICQ messaging system developed by Mirabilis. Jerusalem’s economy and therefore startup scene suffered after the second Intifada (the Palestinian uprising that began in late September 2000 and ended around 2005). billion (£7 billion), came from Jerusalem.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Since launching in 2005, the Impact Hub network has undergone significant growth, now reaching over 16,500 members in 100+ locations across the globe. This decision was made as the Recife team’s expansion goals focus on real estate and innovative ways of work rather than on the social, economic and environmental impact.

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Don Dodge

APRIL 6, 2015

Ycombinator is the largest and most successful startup incubator in history, and it was started right here in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Startup incubators and accelerators are everywhere today, but were relatively unknown when Ycombinator started 10 years ago. Ycombinator, the incubator of billion dollar unicorns, is a unicorn itself.

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