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YC grad QuotaBook raises $11M to scale its equity management platform
QuotaBook, a Seoul-based equity management platform, has raised $11 million in funding led by Elefund, with participation from Access Ventures, Hana Securities and South Korean fintech company Viva Republica. Some…
African fintech firm Flutterwave launches SME e-commerce portal
San Francisco and Lagos-based fintech startup Flutterwave has launched Flutterwave Store, a portal for African merchants to create digital shops to sell online. The product is less Amazon and more eBay —…
YC-backed Our World in Data wants you to know what’s changing about the planet
News is exhausting. Mexican murders are sky-high. Ebola is ravaging the eastern Congo. China is erasing an entire culture of Islam from its Western hinterlands. That news — negative and…
Federacy wants to put bug bounty programs in reach of every startup
Federacy, a member of the Y Combinator Summer 2018 class, has a mission to make bug bounty programs available to even the smallest startup. Traditionally, bug bounty programs from players…
YC-backed Playbook wants students to make plans online, hang out offline
Social planning apps have yet to take the world by storm. A handful of these apps tried and failed years ago, and even Swarm decided to ditch that methodology and…
Here’s a small way to start building your resistance to Y Combinator rejections
Who loves a good niche? We sure as hell do. And we also love niche products that address those niche problems — especially tech niches. So here we are, with Today…
Polly’s teen polling app piggybacks on Snapchat
Snapchat doesn’t technically have a developer platform, but that hasn’t stopped other startups from taking advantage of its new feature for attaching links to your Snaps and Stories. Sarahah was…
No matter how many tears are shed watching “Okja,” people are still going to eat meat—and the raising of meat is hard on the planet. Even feeding livestock and fish…
Y Combinator-backed VIDA turns artwork into fashion, accessories and more
VIDA, an e-commerce startup that allows artists to upload their designs to be printed on real-world materials – like fabric, leather, metal and more – which are then sold as…
Value Voting launches from YC to supercharge the work of political advocates
The ascendance of the so-called “hard right” in the US and the Trump administration’s work to protect its power means it’s unlikely the movement will be beaten by Democrats or…
Marijuana legalization is sweeping the nation, and The Green Rush is upon us. As pot sellers scramble to comply with complex regulations, one startup has built the full-stack of specialized…
Crunch Report | Y Combinator Wants In On The 3-Comma Club
Lyft launches new self-driving division, Shyp is having some issues and Y Combinator wants in on the 3-comma club. All this on Crunch Report.
With the United Slate, Sam Altman presents a political vision for California… and the U.S.
As the country grapples with income inequality, a lack of affordable housing, and a potential labor crisis brought on by technological advancements like artificial intelligence and automation, Y Combinator president…
Crunch Report | Uber’s President Leaves Company
Jeff Jones, the president of Uber, leaves the company, Y Combinator launches a vertical for AI startups, according to Bloomberg, Apple assembles a team to work on new augmented reality…
Y Combinator’s quest for diversity
Entrepreneurs, investors, press and other tech enthusiasts are flocking to the Computer History Museum in Mountain View later today to take part in yet another Y Combinator Demo Day. Diversity…
Crunch Report | Jay Z Has Arrived
More news about Jay Z’s new venture (Arrive), robots that fix their mistakes and Y Combinator launches its MOOC. All this on Crunch Report.
Between Venmo, Square Cash and even Snapcash, no one can argue that it’s hard to send money to a friend. But it wasn’t always this way. Paper checks used to be…
Oohlala aims to school the university-specific app space with a $4M Series A
There’s an app for everything these days, including attending college, but that doesn’t mean it’s a good app. Oohlala has changed that for hundreds of schools so far with its…
YCombinator makes every SimCity player’s dream reality with new research initiative
Ever wanted to design a city from scratch? All those years tinkering with SimCity and Legos are going to finally start paying dividends for a lucky few. YCombinator is looking for…
Get hype brands at retail with Restocks
Over the past couple of months, I’ve purchased more items through Restocks than any other mobile commerce app aside from Amazon. And I’d wager that aside from a couple of…
Black founder who went on epic tweetstorm ahead of YC demo day gets funding
Things seem to be turning around for Matt Joseph, the Y Combinator-backed startup founder who went on an epic tweet storm ahead of demo day about the elephant room — racism and…
Castle is a drag-and-drop account takeover protection solution
You probably have your credit card and other payment information keyed into at least 10 different services right now, all of which are likely based over a mobile app or…
Meet Tovala, a smart oven that aims to perfectly cook ready-made meals in under 30 minutes
[tc_aol_on code=”519561368″] Tovala is a new startup out of Y Combinator that came up with what they hope to be a less expensive alternative to professional combination ovens. The Tovala…
UpLabs is a community-powered marketplace that lets designers and developers share ready-to-ship UI resources — like login boxes and payment forms — to build apps and sites. Originally from France, founders Matt Aussaguel…
Jessica Livingston Talks Female Founders, Business Cycles, and Her Favorite Event of the Year
On April 4th, Y Combinator cofounder Jessica Livingston will host the third annual Female Founders Conference at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco, an event meant to empower female founders —…
Y Combinator Expands Open Office Hours To A Different Community Every Month, Starting With Veterans
After launching its Open Office Hours program in September, YC is expanding the program and turning it into a monthly thing. The announcement comes after a pilot program where over…
YC-Backed Interviewed Uses Automated Simulations To Evaluate Job Candidates
Interviewed, launching from Y Combinator’s most recent batch of startups, is looking to help employees make better hiring decisions. It’s not uncommon for employers to be wowed by a candidate’s…
If you’ve ever had to reserve a block of hotel rooms for a conference or wedding, you know how complicated the process can be. YC-Backed Roomblocker is a service that handles the entire…
The worldwide eSports market has now reached 143 million viewers, but there is still no easy way to get up-to-date information on these competitive video game tournaments, which include games…
Slideshow: The Cinder Sensing Cooker Won’t Burn Your Food To A Crisp
I’m a lucky lad. Every so often the creators of a really cool, really revolutionary cooking devices come to my house and make me food and this time it was…
