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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 12 Dec 2013

    YC cos valued or sold for over $40m by year funded: 1 2005 4 2006 4 2007 3 2008 6 2009 6 2010 7 2011 9 2012 2 2013

    11:17 AM - 12 Dec 2013
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      2. Mike Simonsen‏ @mikesimonsen 12 Dec 2013
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg do you have data on how many of those exits were for less than total capital raised? (even though greater than $40M)

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 12 Dec 2013
        Replying to @mikesimonsen

        @mikesimonsen None.

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      4. Nabeel Hyatt‏ @nabeel 12 Dec 2013
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg this would imply that there are are a fixed number of high growth cos regardless of increased batch size. Or just too early on 11-12?

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      5. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 12 Dec 2013
        Replying to @nabeel

        @nabeel Too early.

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      2. Cory Diamand‏ @corydiamand 12 Dec 2013
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg What happened this year? Was quality lower? Market conditions? Chance?

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 12 Dec 2013
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        @corydiamand The cos haven't had time to get that big.

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      4. Sanket Shah‏ @sanket_invideo 18 Dec 2013
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        @paulg @corydiamand stupid questions people ask

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      2. Darshan Shankar‏Verified account @DShankar 12 Dec 2013
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        @paulg by year _founded_ not funded I think?

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 12 Dec 2013
        Replying to @DShankar

        @DShankar No, some were founded before we funded them.

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      4. Darshan Shankar‏Verified account @DShankar 12 Dec 2013
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        @paulg ah so you meant by date of YC funding, sorry misinterpreted

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      1. Paul Stamatiou  📷‏ @Stammy 12 Dec 2013
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        @paulg do you find any correlation with batch size? or more with increased rigor of selection process/interviews.

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      2. Tim McCormick‏ @tmccormick 13 Dec 2013
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        @paulg @tikhon “@ycombinator cos valued or sold for..” aren’t those quite diff, since v. is often from speculative/high-risk investments?

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      3. Tikhon Bernstam‏ @tikhon 13 Dec 2013
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        @tmccormick @paulg @ycombinator PG addresses that in the HN comments here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6896833 

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      4. Tim McCormick‏ @tmccormick 13 Dec 2013
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        @tikhon @paulg @ycombinator excellent, thx. Have to mull that. Let's say I'm not 100% convinced finance pros are the optimal risk pricers ;)

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      1. Rob Zepeda‏ @robzepeda 19 Dec 2013
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        @paulg cool data, thanks. Is $40m a particularly interesting valuation? Just curious.

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      1. Joe Manna  🌵‏ @JoeManna 16 Dec 2013
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        @paulg That's an impressive track record. :)

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      1. Jakob Heuser‏ @jakobo 13 Dec 2013
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        @paulg @sachinrekhi can we begin to talk about YC years like wine vintages?

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      2. Will Dennis‏ @willydennis 12 Dec 2013
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        @paulg would be curious to see as percent of total funded in that year

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      3. Michael Flores‏ @Mike_Flores23 12 Dec 2013
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        @willydennis check his other tweet mate.

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      4. Will Dennis‏ @willydennis 12 Dec 2013
        Replying to @Mike_Flores23

        @Mike_Flores23 ah. thanks

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