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Variance, which develops AI agents for compliance and fraud investigations, raised a $21.5M Series A led by Ten Eleven Ventures and joined by YC and others

How Kontigo, a crypto startup from YC S24 that raised $20M+, helped move money in and out of Venezuela and now faces bank and payment network service cutoffs

Cryptocurrency fintech Kontigo, which recently raised $20 million from Coinbase and others, is under fire for its role in helping Venezuelans avoid sanctions

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

An overview of the trends for 223 startups in YC's Summer 2022 Demo Day batch: enterprise made up the bulk at 39%, followed by fintech and developer tools

YC announces a new standard deal: a $125K investment for 7% of the startup and a further $375K at terms founders can negotiate with future investors

We have a new standard deal at Y Combinator.  When a company is accepted into the YC batch program, we now invest a total of $500,000.

Postscript, which helps Shopify merchants stay in touch with customers via SMS, announces $35M Series B led by Greylock, with participation from YC and others

Snapdocs, which is used by ~130,000 real estate professionals to manage the mortgage process online, raises $60M Series C led by YC Continuity