Analysis

August 25, 2023

The European startups in Y Combinator’s S23 cohort

The US accelerator has taken on 108 founders from Europe


The Y Combinator team give a talk

The proportion of European founders taking part in Silicon Valley accelerator Y Combinator’s summer cohort this year rose to 21% — up from 13% in the winter cohort and 18% in the summer of 2022. 

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Kai Nicol-Schwarz

Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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