Apply Early for YC W21 | Y Combinator

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The application is the same, as well as what we look for in the application and the criteria for acceptance.\nAccepted companies will join the Summer 2020 batch immediately. The in-person program starts in June in Mountain View, California, but funding and access to YC partners and resources happens right away.\nTo date, we have funded 80 companies from India, including <a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://cleartax.in//">ClearTax, <a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://meesho.com//">Meesho, and <a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://razorpay.com//">Razorpay. In our W20 batch alone, we funded 26 Indian startups — a record for us.\n<a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://www.ycombinator.com/apply//">The deadline to apply</a> is March 16, which is the same deadline for all startups applying to YC.\n<a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://apply.ycombinator.com//">Apply here</a>.\nWe look forward to meeting you soon! 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If there are timing considerations we should be aware of, please make a note on your application.\nWe’re not sending early rejections because we know how much can change in a matter of months, and we want to give founders the option to update their applications. Everyone will hear back from us by November 19 at the latest.\nWe interview companies year-round but we know that deadlines are good tools for completing desired tasks. We hope the early deadline is a helpful tool for those who want to apply early, and a good reminder regardless that we are always reviewing applications.\nApply early for the YC Winter 2022 batch <a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/">here.

The deadline to apply for YC Winter 2021 is Wednesday, September 23 at 8pm PT.

We created a deadline because deadlines are good motivational mechanisms for finishing tasks. Unsurprisingly, about eighty percent of all YC applications are submitted the week before the deadline.

But we’ve sometimes seen companies not apply to YC because they don’t want to wait until our regular interview cycle (October and November for the Winter 2021 batch) to raise money. What many people don’t know is that YC reviews applications and interviews startups all year round. We just interviewed and accepted three startups last week.

We can’t guarantee anything, but if you’re interested in the possibility of interviewing early, apply early.

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