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Paul Graham and The World Out There

This is going to be BIG.

YCombinator had a great run from 2007 through early 2009 investing at a time when there weren''t nearly as many seed funds and accelerators as there are now. My own track record as a VC across First Round Capital and Brooklyn Bridge Ventures actually starts in January of 2010, *after* the Airbnb class of Winter 2009.

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What went wrong at Techstars

Founders Coop

tl;dr + Techstars was once one of the world’s leading accelerator programs, but has steadily been eclipsed by Y combinator. Just two years later, in 2009, we worked out a deal to create the Techstars Seattle program, with our first program running in 2010.

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Mono, a startup that wants to build Plaid for Africa, gets backing from Y Combinator

TechCrunch

In a region where more than half of the population is either unbanked or underbanked , these open finance players are trying to improve financial inclusion on the continent. However, for Hassan, Mono’s play overlaps open finance and open banking. Getting into the accelerator helps Mono with one of its biggest challenges.

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Sila banks $13M to offer single API for developing financial products, services

TechCrunch

CEO Karkal has a long history in the fintech space, co-founding Simple, an app unifying various accounts into one accessible bank card, in 2009. Places like India, Africa and Latin America could accelerate at the same time because they are mainly starting from zero. There is a massive wave of fintechs emerging in the U.S.,

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Announcing the startups and judges onstage at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022

TechCrunch

“Gabriel is the Director of Innovation, focused on mobility and energy, for Elemental Excelerator, a climatetech accelerator founded in 2009 in Hawaii. Earlier, she led Finance at a major solar manufacturer. Mar received her Ph.D. Gabriel Scheer — Elemental Excelerator. Victoria holds an MBA and M.S. She also holds a B.S.

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Reimagining B2B Commerce with Faire

Y Combinator

COVID-19 has accelerated the digitization of commerce globally. require payment financing, invoicing/approvals, inventory management) and requirements differ from vertical to vertical. As a result, B2B buyers are looking for online platforms to help with the discovery, purchase, and financing of new products.

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AI drug discovery platform Insilico Medicine announces $255 million in Series C funding

TechCrunch

Insilico Medicine, an AI-based platform for drug development and discovery, announced $255 million in Series C financing on Tuesday. This project condensed into just 18 months the process of preclinical drug development that typically takes multiple years and hundreds of millions of dollars, for a total cost of about $2.6