This Week at YC: Announcing YC's $500,000 Standard Deal

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YC's $500,000 Standard Deal
We're excited to announce our new standard deal at Y Combinator. When a company is accepted into YC, we now invest a total of $500,000.

Rookie Mistakes: Should You Follow Your Passion?
Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel talk about solutions in search of a problem, whether or not to follow your passion, how to figure out what to work on, and how to motivate yourself.
 


 

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Y Combinator companies that launched this week:

Markaz Technologies
Islamabad, Pakistan
Reselling marketplace for social media entrepreneurs in Pakistan.

Identitypass
Lagos, Nigeria
Compliance and security infrastructure for Africa.

digiventures
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Reinventing loan applications in LatAm.

Finku
Jakarta, Indonesia
Personal finance platform for Indonesia.

Celeri
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Compliance tools for financial companies.

Pina
Jakarta, Indonesia
Digital wealth management platform for Indonesia.

Janani.life
Bengaluru, India
India's first at-home diagnostic driven reproductive and sexual health platform.

SaveIN
Delhi, India
Buy now, pay later for healthcare in India.

shopr.tv
Bengaluru, India
Live commerce for the first 100m internet users in India.

Koala
San Carlos, California
Shopify for online tutors.
 


 

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