Sources: Anu Hariharan, the former head of YC Continuity, which Y Combinator scrapped in March 2023, started Avra, a “YC for growth” fund aiming to raise ~$350M
Online wholesale marketplace Faire, aimed at small retailers and brands, raises $260M led by Sequoia Capital at a $7B valuation
launching in Europe, beating all projections, and reaching $1B in annual volume in only 4 years. Shopping local is on! And now, another milestone.... https://news.faire.com/... Delian / @zebulgar : I ...
YC's W21 batch featured 43 Indian startups, a new record, and had 350 startups in total, of which 50% were based outside the US, the highest percentage to date
W21 — features 350 startups from 41 nations. Fifty percent of the firms, the highest percentage to date, in the new batch are based outside of the US. India is the second-largest demographic represent...
Former CEO of PlanGrid, a construction software provider that was acquired by Autodesk, details her experiences of being a female founder
Not a lot is written about being a female founder and CEO. I used to believe that my journey as a startup founder was the same as any other founder's experience … Tweets: @tracy_young , @fidrelity , ...