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by kloncks 3907 days ago
Does YC actually take 7% regardless of company stage?

There's no way YC owns 7% of Quora, for example, and I thought they would follow a similar model to attract larger companies?

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http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/11/quora-y-combinator/

> Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo tells me “YC invested an amount that was similar to their standard $120k. They invested as part of the Tiger round.” That $80 million round valued Quora at $900 million, so the startup only traded away approximately 0.013%.