[thinkwithlucie]

that's a great question, yes, you can use the startup directory to run the stats on inactive startups. on average, every third startup fails If you consider all batches, the average failure rate is 32%

[jacquesm]

So that makes them much better than the average.

[thinkwithlucie]

yes of course, YC only picks the best of the best, i think the acceptance rate is around 1%