Notable Portfolio Companies
As of June 2011, Y Combinator had funded 316 startups. The number of startups funded in each cycle has been gradually increasing. The first cycle, in summer 2005, had eight startups. In the summer 2012 cycle, there were more than 80.
Some of the better-known funded companies include Scribd, reddit, Airbnb, Dropbox, Disqus, and Posterous.
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