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March 6, 2023

The European startups in Y Combinator’s W23 cohort

The US accelerator has taken on 79 founders from Europe


Garry Tan, CEO of YC (Image: Initialized Capital)

Seventy-nine European founders are part of the famed US startup accelerator Y Combinator’s winter cohort this year — compared to 85 in last year’s summer cohort and 72 in the 2022 winter cohort — making up about 13% of the roughly 600 entrepreneurs taking part. 

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Kai Nicol-Schwarz

Kai Nicol-Schwarz is a senior reporter at Sifted. He covers AI and UK tech, and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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