This Week at YC: Understanding Investor Terms and Incentives

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Understanding Investor Terms & Incentives | Rookie Mistakes Ep. #3
On Rookie Mistakes, YC's Michael Seibel and Dalton Caldwell discuss common pitfalls founders should be wary of during fundraising, and why it's important to understand investor terms and incentives.
 


 

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Y Combinator companies that launched this week:

Wingback 
Remote, OR
Tools and APIs for SaaS pricing and packaging.

Dropezy
Jakarta, Indonesia
Delivering daily-needs in Indonesia in under 15 minutes.

Suggestr
Singapore
10x better product recommendations for Shopify brands.

ITCHY
Stockholm, Sweden
D2C subscription for people with lifelong chronic skin conditions.

Anfin
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Modern trading and wealth management for Vietnam.

Dioptra
New York, New York
Online ML experimentation & automated improvement.
 


 

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