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August 24, 2021

Y Combinator’s European founder intake continues to grow to record levels

The famed American startup accelerator that gave rise to the likes of Airbnb and Reddit has largely focused on home territory, until recently.


Tom Matsuda

5 min read

Seth Bannon, Ben Lamothe, Topper Bowers (Amicus) | Credit: Y Combinator

Startup accelerator Y Combinator’s spring-summer cohort is the largest yet for European founders. 

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Y Combinator founder intake
Percentage of European YC companies by cohort | courtesy of Y Combinator.
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