Y Combinator
Y Combinator created a new model for funding early stage startups. Four times a year we invest in a large number of startups.
In the firm's own words, from its website.
78 additional team members, 37 additional co-investors and affiliates, 225 additional investments, funds and LPs, 26 events, 1 verified contact (1 firm phone)
Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.
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What matters now
- 3 vehicleson Form D, 18 months
$2.67B reported sold so far.
A Form D is filed when a vehicle takes its first money, so these are open to LPs now.
- 31 companiesnew in 12 months
31 new companies in the last 12 months.
A firm writing cheques this quarter is one a founder can pitch now.
- 1 companyportfolio raising
One portfolio company has new financing on record in 6 months without this firm named on the round; the latest on 28 Apr 2026 ($25.5M sold on Form D).
A portfolio company raising again is a follow-on decision for the firm and a co-investment opening for others.
- 20 dealswith Sequoia Capital
Invests most often alongside Sequoia Capital (20 shared deals) and Sterling Road (11 shared deals).
pair last observed on record 1 Oct 2026, not a deal date · The firms it syndicates with are the likeliest to see the same deals and to fill out its rounds.
People to know
View all people- Managing PartnerWhy: Managing partner: runs the firmNo route on file yet
- Managing PartnerWhy: Managing partner: runs the firmNo route on file yet
- Managing PartnerWhy: Managing partner: runs the firmNo route on file yet
Relationship network
345 connected entities
From financing rounds and every investor named in them, Form ADV and Form D filings, the firm's funds and team, and disclosed LP commitments in the venture capital graph. A round's amount is the size of the round, not money that moved between two investors.
Some relationships on this record are counted rather than named here. They open with the full profile.
Click any name or line for the rounds and sources behind it. Line weight is rounds together; dashed lines are inferred.
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›How strength and recency are read
Co-investors are read from the rounds: three or more shared rounds is a strong observed relationship, two a repeat co-investor, one a single round. Funds and people are structural. Nothing is scored that a reader cannot check.
Darker lines were active in the last 24 months or are current; lighter lines are older or undated.
How am I connected?
Name your firm, a company or a person, and DFX finds the published routes to Y Combinator: a shared portfolio company or board, a prior employer, a co-investor, a shared LP or service provider. Every step is a filed or published record with its source; none is a guess about who knows whom.
See how you connect to Y Combinator
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Investing
669 companies on record, 31 new in 12 months
Investments on record
What these amounts mean“This investor” is the amount disclosed for this investor alone; it is unknown unless a source said it. The round size is the whole round.Acquired, Public, Exited and Active are what the firm’s own portfolio card says, read on the date shown when you hover the chip; they are not deal dates. A company with no chip is one whose card states no outcome: DFX does not assume it is active.| Company | Round | Role | Partner | Round size | This investor | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6thSense | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
| 7cups | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
| 80,000 Hours | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
- Sectors
- ai, fintech, hardware, media
- Stages
- series b
- Geography
- india, uk, worldwide
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
Team
80 current, 4 departed
Decision makers
- Diana Hu · Managing PartnerWhy this person: Managing partner: runs the firm; Named with investment responsibility
- Harj Taggar · Managing PartnerWhy this person: Managing partner: runs the firm; Named with investment responsibility
- Jared Friedman · Managing PartnerWhy this person: Managing partner: runs the firm; Named with investment responsibility
Ranked by the role the firm or its filing states, a route on file and deals led. Every reason is read from the record, never inferred. Routes are published by the person or the firm (their bio, the team page or a filing) and are revealed on a plan; data bought from a provider is never shown, and a route printed at a firm the person has since left is held back.
Investment team
How the team is orderedPartners who lead rounds first (rounds led, then deals attributed, then seniority), then the rest of the investment team, then investor relations, finance and operations. A person named by two sources under two spellings is shown once.- Managing Partner
- Managing Partner
- Managing Partner
4 departed (kept with end dates)
- Geoff David Ralston · President/Ceo · May 1, 2019 to Mar 31, 2023 Inference
- SAM Altman · Ceo; President Y Combinator Management, Llc · Apr 1, 2014 to Mar 6, 2020 Inference
- Kirsty Louise Nathoo · Cfo; Y Combinator Management, Llc · Apr 1, 2014 to Mar 27, 2026 Fact
Contacts
1 firm phone on record, each with its source. Values open with the complete profile.
Funds and LPs
22 vehicles, 1 LPs disclosed
Funds and vehicles
What these amounts meanGAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yca26, L.P. | Fund | 2026 form d first sale | Fundraising | unknown | unknown | $728M | Apr 27, 2026 |
| Ycp26, L.P. | Fund | 2026 form d first sale | Fundraising | unknown | unknown | $1.7B | Apr 27, 2026 |
| Y Combinator ES26, LLC | Fund | 2026 form d first sale | Fundraising | unknown | unknown | $228M | Apr 27, 2026 |
Limited partners
- 2 commitments to 2 funds · $50.0M disclosed
Known LPs and allocators
What these amounts and dates areEach commitment is counted once across the pension tape and the allocator graph. A commitment date prints only when the source printed one; otherwise the row carries the report date. A foundation’s 990-PF line is a holding at fair value, never a commitment. Rows without a fund on the venture graph are commitments to this manager.| Allocator | Type | Fund | Amount | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation | SOVEREIGN LINKED US ALLOCATOR | Ycc20, L.P. | $34.8M committed | reported as of Dec 31, 2025 | Fact Pension disclosure |
| Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation | SOVEREIGN LINKED US ALLOCATOR | Y Combinator Es20, LLC | $15.2M committed | reported as of Dec 31, 2025 | Fact Pension disclosure |
| Bainum Family Foundation | FOUNDATION | Y Combinator ES24, LLC | $148,187 fair value on the foundation's return | reported as of Jun 30, 2025 | Fact IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file returns |
Relationships across DFX
439 co-investors · on 2 other DFX graphs
Co-investors
- 2026-10-0120 shared deals · very strong · this firm led 1
- 2026-10-0111 shared deals · very strong
- 2026-10-0111 shared deals · very strong
Compare portfolios with Sequoia Capital, Sterling Road, Bling Capital or any firm. Co-investors across the market
Across DFX and the capital chainon 2 other DFX graphs · 13 capital paths ShowHide
- The same institution is held on Allocators, RIA and Wealth, matched by identifier. See which records
Y Combinator is the same institution as 2 records in Allocators and RIA and Wealth.
DFX found 2 relationships across 2 datasets
Which record it is in each graph, what it is called there, and how the two were matched.
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Checking your plan…
Y Combinator sits on 13 traced paths of capital across the graphs.
DFX traced 13 paths of capital through this record
Every record on each path, what it committed or lent, and as of when.
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Checking your plan…
Evidence and history
31 dated events, 79 observations from 3 sources
Timeline
- Sep 14, 2026Ycvc W14, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Y Combinator, GAV $22,480,780
- Jul 31, 2026Peak XV Partners and Y Combinator were named on 3 shared rounds in the 151 days to 2026-07-31, against 1 in the 151 days before
- Mar 27, 2026Y Combinator Es24, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Y Combinator (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $115,651,252
- Mar 27, 2026Ycp24, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Y Combinator (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $1,088,023,748
- Mar 27, 2026YC Eco24, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Y Combinator (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $79,560,033
Identity and regulatory footprint
Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Mar 27, 2026 · 19 private fundsShowHide
- Headquarters
- Mountain View, CAadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- YCOMBINATOR.COM
- SEC adviser type
- Exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- Venture capital fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.govItem 2.B(1): advises solely venture capital funds
- Latest Form ADV
- Mar 27, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 19 (19 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets, adviser total
- $22Badviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
Classification history
Classification history
Every classification this record has carried1 on recordShowHide
- Sep 12, 2026Accelerator (confirmed, 95%)Name or self-description says accelerator
Evidence
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
| Fact | Value | Effective | Class | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why admitted | VC exemption, VC funds reported | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC exemption claimed | Venture capital fund adviser | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC exemption claimed | Venture capital fund adviser | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2014-10-23 | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2014-10-23 | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-30 | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-29 | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-25 | Sep 26, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-23 | Sep 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-21 | Sep 23, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-22 | Sep 23, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1 | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2026-03-27 | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2026-03-27 | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2024-03-29 | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv pdf loaded | adv-pdf-1 | Sep 14, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC status | ERA - Active | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC status effective | 2014-10-23 | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Business phone | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Business phone | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Contact page url | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Contact page url | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Description | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Description | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Description | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Headquarters | Mountain View, CA | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Headquarters | Mountain View, CA | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Office address | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Office address | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Legal form | Limited Liability Company | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Legal form | Limited Liability Company | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Portfolio page | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Portfolio page | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Portfolio page | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Private funds reported | 19 | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 19 | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 14 | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $22B | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $22B | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $12B | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Schedule a diff | sadiff-1 | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Stated geography | India, UK, worldwide “geography words on the home page” | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated geography | India, UK, worldwide “geography words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated geography | India, UK, worldwide “geography words on the home page” | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | AI, fintech, hardware, media “sector words on the home page” | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | AI, fintech, hardware, media “sector words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | AI, fintech, hardware, media “sector words on the home page” | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated stages | Series b “stage words on the home page” | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated stages | Series b “stage words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated stages | Series b “stage words on the home page” | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | |
| Team page | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Team page | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Team page | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Venture funds reported | 19 | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture funds reported | 19 | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture funds reported | 14 | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Website | Mar 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Website | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Site title | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Site title | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Site title | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact |
How this is scored
Scores, classification basis and filing advisersAccelerator, confirmedShowHide
Name or self-description says accelerator
- importance
- gav: 1 · funds: 1 · people: 1 · investments: 1 · co investors: 1
- active deployment
- investments 12m: 1 · fund raising 18m: 0 · people joined 12m: 0 · vintage within 3y: 1 · latest investment at: 2026-09-29
- emerging manager
- fund count: 24 · reported gav: $22B · first adv filing: 2014-10-23 · years since first filing: 11.9
Fits, record history and connections
scored matches for this investor, every identity change, every edge
Fits
- score 64.6confidence 100%Why: sector fit; stage fit; geography fit; activityWatch: adjacent portfolio
- score 62.6confidence 100%Why: sector fit; stage fit; geography fit; activityWatch: adjacent portfolio
- score 55.9confidence 100%Why: sector fit; geography fit; activity; analogousWatch: adjacent portfolio
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Record history
- Adviser's first ADV filing2014-10-23source on record
The ledger records every merge, rename and reclassification this record went through and the dated filings observed on it, so the identity on this page can be traced to the records it was built from. The ledger's own sentences name other records, so they show with the names.