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Ycombinator - Where unicorns are born

Don Dodge

Drew Houston was born in Acton, and met his co-founder Arash Ferdowsi at MIT. They were part of the Ycombinator Cambridge class of 2007, after being rejected by YC in 2005 and 2006. Why do startups join the Ycombinator program? It is like a 3 month boot camp for startups. None of the local VC firms invested.

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How to Find a Job as a VC Scout: Compensation and Which Firms Are Recruiting

David Teten VC

It partners with technology founders at Series A and beyond. Atomico was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in London, England. Angels get a share of the upside when the founders they back succeed, in the same way that Atomico would. German Accelerator. German Accelerator empowers German startups to scale globally.

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