282. Smart founders <a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/why-would-you-start-a-startup-in-an-economic-downturn/">know now is a great time to start a startup. </p><p>Today, these founders will present their companies to an invite-only audience of investors at our 36th <a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://www.ycombinator.com/demoday/faq//">Demo Day</a>. Here’s what we saw in the W23 batch:</p><ul><li>59% of the batch applied more than once</li><li>52% of the batch were accepted with only an idea</li><li>28% of the batch raised money before YC</li><li>77% of the batch had zero revenue before YC</li><li>2% had more than $50k of monthly revenue when accepted</li></ul><p>86% of W23 founders lived in the Bay Area. The batch kicked off with an in-person retreat, followed by weekly meetups in San Francisco. Though most founders spent the batch in the Bay Area, the program was still remote friendly, with batch talks and office hours hosted online.</p><figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img src=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://ghost.prod.ycinside.com/content/images/2023/03/XL5HyasU.jpeg/" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ghost.prod.ycinside.com/content/images/size/w600/2023/03/XL5HyasU.jpeg 600w, https://ghost.prod.ycinside.com/content/images/size/w1000/2023/03/XL5HyasU.jpeg 1000w, https://ghost.prod.ycinside.com/content/images/size/w1600/2023/03/XL5HyasU.jpeg 1600w, https://ghost.prod.ycinside.com/content/images/2023/03/XL5HyasU.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 720px) 720px\"></figure><p>YC Winter 2023's 282 companies were divided into sections of 7-10 companies, which were led by 19 group partners and visiting group partners and organized by vertical. </p><p>The most common themes of this batch were open source, dev tools, and AI, and company verticals broke down as follows:</p><ul><li>54% in B2B/Enterprise SaaS</li><li>17% in DevTools</li><li>12% in Fintech</li><li>7% in Healthcare</li><li>5% in Consumer</li><li>3% in Proptech</li><li>2% in Climate, Energy, or Sustainability</li><li>1% in Aerospace</li></ul><p>Here is the demographic breakdown* for the W23 batch:</p><ul><li>13% Asian</li><li>2% Black</li><li>5% Hispanic or Latino</li><li>3% Middle Eastern or North African</li><li>8% Multiracial</li><li>15% South Asian</li><li>29% White</li></ul><p>Additionally, 17% of the companies have a woman founder and 8% of the founders are women.</p><figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img src=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://ghost.prod.ycinside.com/content/images/2023/03/gaI7d_Lw.jpeg/" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://ghost.prod.ycinside.com/content/images/size/w600/2023/03/gaI7d_Lw.jpeg 600w, https://ghost.prod.ycinside.com/content/images/size/w1000/2023/03/gaI7d_Lw.jpeg 1000w, https://ghost.prod.ycinside.com/content/images/size/w1600/2023/03/gaI7d_Lw.jpeg 1600w, https://ghost.prod.ycinside.com/content/images/size/w2400/2023/03/gaI7d_Lw.jpeg 2400w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 720px) 720px\"></figure>","comment_id":"642348dc50615b000151d876","feature_image":"/blog/content/images/2023/04/BlogTwitter-Image-Template--2-1024_1.png","featured":true,"visibility":"public","email_recipient_filter":"none","created_at":"2023-03-28T13:06:52.000-07:00","updated_at":"2023-04-05T08:30:00.000-07:00","published_at":"2023-04-05T08:30:00.000-07:00","custom_excerpt":"Today, we're kicking off our 36th Demo Day — featuring founders from over 250 startups, building across a variety of verticals including B2B/enterprise, fintech, healthcare, consumer, climate, and more.","codeinjection_head":null,"codeinjection_foot":null,"custom_template":null,"canonical_url":null,"authors":[{"id":"61fe29e3c7139e0001a710b0","name":"Michael Seibel","slug":"michael-seibel","profile_image":"/blog/content/images/2022/02/Michael.jpg","cover_image":null,"bio":"Michael Seibel is a Group Partner and Managing Director, Early Stage at YC. 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The batch kicked off with an in-person retreat followed by weekly meetups in San Francisco and around the world. And soon after Demo Day, we’re hosting an end-of-batch celebration with the entire <a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/">YC community</a>. </p><p>The program was still remote friendly with office hours and batch talks online, but we encouraged all teams who could to move to the Bay Area to participate. About 30% of the batch moved to the Bay Area during the 3-month program, and about 23% were already in the Bay Area when they applied to YC. </p><p>For the Summer 2022 batch, we received 19,000 applications from founders around the world and funded <a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?batch=S22\%22>240. Today, these founders will present their companies to an invite-only audience of investors at our 35th <a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://www.ycombinator.com/demoday/faq//">Demo Day</a>. Here’s what we saw in the S22 batch:</p><ul><li>50% of the batch applied more than once</li><li>43% of the batch were accepted with only an idea</li><li>36% of the batch raised money before YC</li><li>71% of the batch had zero revenue before YC</li><li>7% had more than $50k of monthly revenue when accepted</li></ul><p>S22 companies are building in <a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?batch=S22\%22>more than 100 verticals</a>. There isn’t an industry being touched by software that we don’t fund. During the batch, we divide the companies into 33 small groups that are organized by vertical. The groups meet for bi-weekly office hours led by 18 group partners and visiting group partners. During these group office hours, founders help each other and get the benefit of an intimate setting within the larger batch. At a high level:</p><ul><li>39% in B2B/Enterprise SaaS</li><li>21% in Fintech</li><li>13% in DevTools</li><li>9% in Consumer</li><li>9% in Healthcare</li><li>3% in Proptech</li><li>3% in Aerospace</li><li>2% in Climate, Energy, or Sustainability</li><li>1% in Education </li></ul><p>The companies come from 34 countries around the world that combined have over 3 billion inhabitants. About 42% are outside of the U.S. – and a sign of the times, 35% of the companies are remote and 37% are remote friendly. The top countries represented include: </p><ul><li><a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?batch=S22&regions=United%20States%20of%20America\%22>United States</a>: 140 startups</li><li><a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?batch=S22&regions=India\%22>India: 19 startups</li><li><a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?batch=S22&regions=United%20Kingdom\%22>United Kingdom</a>: 11 startups</li><li><a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?batch=S22&regions=Israel\%22>Israel: 8 startups</li><li><a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?batch=S22&regions=Canada\%22>Canada: 6 startups</li><li><a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?batch=S22&regions=Germany\%22>Germany: 6 startups</li><li><a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?batch=S22&regions=Mexico\%22>Mexico: 6 startups</li><li><a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?batch=S22&regions=France\%22>France: 6 startups</li><li><a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?batch=S22&regions=Nigeria\%22>Nigeria: 5 startups</li></ul><p>New this batch, we added “multiracial” as an option when collecting demographic information. 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Every company will have one minute to present.</p><p>At the start of the day, a single-slide company summary, short company description, and team bio will be available through the YC Demo Day website. The same website will also provide access to the live stream and the ability to contact each company. By the end of the week, recordings of the presentations will be published on the website.</p><p>If you’d like to start researching companies in the batch, we recommend taking a look at <a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/">Launch YC</a> and the <a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?batch=S22\%22>Startup Directory</a>. 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There isn’t an industry being touched by software that we don’t fund. At a high level:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>B2B/Enterprise – 34%</li>\n<li>Fintech (including consumer fintech) – 24%</li>\n<li>Consumer (including consumer healthcare) – 13%</li>\n<li>DevTools – 7%</li>\n<li>Bio/Healthcare (Diagnostics/Therapeutics/Med Device) – 11%</li>\n<li>Education – 2%</li>\n<li>Climate/Energy/Sustainability – 4%</li>\n<li>Proptech – 4%</li>\n<li>Aerospace – 1%</li>\n</ul>\n<p>We strive to be a bridge for everyone – no matter who they are, where they live, or what demographic they belong to – to enter the startup world. We have a long track record of funding founders who historically would never be given a chance. 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Dalton and Michael announce the S22 batch will be in person, talk about trends among the most recent YC applicants, where founders are moving, the economic downturn, and the impact of the new standard deal.
For the Winter 2022 batch, we received 17,000 applications from founders around the world and funded 414. Today, these founders will present their companies to an invite-only audience of investors at Y Combinator’s 34th Demo Day.
On the morning of March 29th and 30th, 2022, YC will host our 34th Demo Day live on Zoom. This two day event will feature founders from 43 countries and startups in every sector.
Earlier this month we hosted our 33rd Demo Day where 377 companies presentedvirtually. You can see a list of the companies that presented on-the-record inthe YC Directory .
On the morning of August 31st and September 1st, YC will host our 33rd Demo Daylive on Zoom. This two day event will feature founders from over 46 countriesand startups in every sector — from healthcare and fintech to consumer and B2Bsoftware. Every company will have one minute to present.At the start of the day, a single-slide company summary, short companydescription, and team bio will be available through the YC Demo Day website.
Every batch, we invite founders and executives to advise YC companies asVisiting Group Partners. These advisors bring valuable insights and recentoperational experience to YC early stage companies. Throughout the batch, theytake on a subset of YC Group Partner responsibilities, including applicationreading, interviews, group office hours, individual office hours, demo day prep,and more.We have five Visiting Group Partners joining us for the YC Summer 2021 batch.
Today is our 32nd Demo Day, and 319 companies are presenting virtually. You cansee a list of the companies that presented on-the-record in the YC Directory.Below are some stats about the YC Winter 2021 batch.
