Y Combinator

Y Combinator is an American Seed Accelerator and a new model for funding early stage startups.It was started in 2005 by Paul Graham, Jessica Livingston, Trevor Blackwell and Robert Tappan Morris.YC has funded over 1,464 startups, engaging with an audience of 3,000 founders. The combined valuation of YC companies is over $80B."Make something people want." is YC's central statement.