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Tyler Bosmeny built Clever into a $500M company–now he’s helping YC founders do the same as General Partner

Y Combinator

When Tyler applied to YC in 2012, his startup idea was an unusual one. An API for schools? But outliers always sound unusual at the outset. At Demo Day, he shocked the room when he announced that he’d already signed on 1,000 schools.

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The unusual story of an unusual company – Melanie Langlotz and Geo AR Games 

NZ Entrepreneur

Amie Wolken walked into Augview one day in 2012 and said, “I’m fresh out of uni. I love AR. I want to be a developer. I want to work here.” – so we gave her a job. And within a short space of time, she worked her way up to an executive boardroom position.”

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HPA Announces Acquisition of Portfolio Company Simple Mills by Flower Foods, Inc.

HPA

Founded in 2012 by Katlin Smith, Simple Mills is a market-leading natural foods brand offering premium better-for-you crackers, cookies, snack bars, and baking mixes. HPA led the first round of institutional capital in 2014, providing subsequent capital and strategic support to help drive growth and innovation.

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Supporter Profile: Tomorrow

NZ Entrepreneur

Since we started our agency back in 2012 weve launched or rebranded hundreds of businesses which we are incredibly proud of. Baya was a full rebrand that helped launch the high-end homewares brand into Australia. What recent news and highlights can you share about your work and impact?

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Why the Accelerator Model is Broken—and how 500 Startups is Fixing it

500

When I moved to San Francisco in 2012, I was working on my fourth startup and looking to join an accelerator. But from a young age, going against the grain was in my DNA. It’s what led me to San Francisco, and, ultimately, what drew me to 500 Startups.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. So it is unsurprising that an over-funding environment and the commensurate returns hangover would have lasted until about – well – 2012.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

In 2012 Upfront Ventures raised its 4th venture capital fund – this one was $200 million. We started investing the fund in April 2012 and by early 2013 had closed our fund to new investors. Here Cincinnati was really creative to its approach to attracting more venture capital to the region – including this author.

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