| Based on a question answered by PG on Askolo, YCombinator track them[1]: Q: Have there been any startups you've later regretted rejecting from YCombinator?
A: Sure, several. But I can't name names because it's not for me to disclose that they applied. Additionally they also mention about contacting them on rejected applications[2]: "If you do, we'd appreciate it if you'd send us an email telling us about it; we want to learn from our mistakes" Here are some that are known to have been rejected by YC and have gone onto raise funding (which is not a perfect metric by any means since funding ≠ success) or have been acquired: - SendGrid - http://sendgrid.com/ - Raised $27.4M[3] - CouchOne - http://www.couchbase.com/ - Raised $56M[4] - AfterTheDeadline - http://afterthedeadline.com/ - Acquired By Automattic - LightSail Energy - http://lightsailenergy.com/ - Raised $42.8M[5] - SignPost - http://www.signpost.com/ - Raised $15M[6] - Storenvy - http://www.storenvy.com - although they were kicked out of YC[7] Raised $6.5M [8] [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20120814111130/http://askolo.com... [2] http://ycuniverse.com/yc-applying-interviewees [3] http://www.crunchbase.com/company/sendgrid [4] http://www.crunchbase.com/company/couchbase [5] http://www.crunchbase.com/company/lightsail-energy [6] http://www.crunchbase.com/company/signpost [7] http://joncrawford.com/post/20378314843/how-i-got-kicked-out... [8] http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/12/storenvy-goes-from-getting-... |
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