| Date | Title | Description |
| 30.01.2012 | SocialCam Is Growing, But It’s The Latest Alum Startup Returning To Y Combinator Anyway | Having spun out of online broadcaster Justin.tv last year, SocialCam has managed to get a strong footing on iOS and Android. It passed 3 million downloads in December, and it’s now sending 3 million notifications a day, with video uploads a... |
| 12.11.2010 | Y Combinator Names First New Partners Since 2005: Paul Buchheit And Harj Taggar | Prestigious startup incubator Y Combinator has just announced that it’s adding two new partners: Paul Buchheit, who created Gmail and founded FriendFeed; and Harj Taggar, a former participant in the YC program who has been working there ove... |
| 17.03.2009 | Y Combinator set to fund more startups | Seed-stage investment fund is going to Party like it's 2009
Y Combinator, a seed-stage investment fund, announced this week that it raised $2 million from Sequoia Capital, and angel investors.
The fund, which has invested in 40 startups per... |
| 16.03.2009 | Y Combinator gets a $2M shot in the arm from Sequoia, angels | Seed-stage venture firm Y Combinator is branching out in its funding strategy today, raising about $2 million from Sequoia Capital and a handful of angel investors. Previously, the firm was funded solely by founders Paul Graham, Robert Morr... |
| 26.03.2008 | Communicate Acquires Y Combinator Startup Auctomatic, Unveils New Business Strategy | Communicate.com, a public company in Vancouver, Canada, is announcing the acquisition of Y Combinator startup Auctomatic this morning for $5 million in cash and stock. The company is also changing its name to Live Current Media, Inc.
Commun... |
| 26.03.2008 | Communicate.com buys e-commerce startup Auctomatic, to relaunch top domains | Communicate.com, a domain registrar turned e-commerce network that at least one analyst thinks is seriously undervalued, is making some rebranding and technology moves today.
The fourteen year old company owns popular domain names like Perf... |
| 12.12.2007 | Google’s wireless chief, Sacca, leaves to become angel investor | updated
Chris Sacca, the head of special initiatives at Google who led Google’s efforts to open up the wireless spectrum to more competition, is leaving Google to invest in early-stage technology companies.
Sacca wielded significant clout a... |
| 22.10.2007 | Auctomatic launches better tools for eBay powersellers | Auctomatic wants to make it easier for eBay’s most active sellers to manage sales. The San Francisco-based company launched its public beta yesterday.
So-called “powersellers” range from self-employed individuals to large firms like Dell. E... |
| 30.03.2007 | Look at Facebook | Recent traffic statistics at social networking site Facebook are impressive and we’re wondering if there’s a wider story here.
Facebook tells us the site is seeing about 1.5 billion page views a day, up from about 1 billion daily views last... |
| 09.03.2007 | Demo Day: Y Combinator's Spring Chicks | After Condé Nast, owner of Wired and other magazines/websites, acquired Y Combinator funded Reddit, people took notice. This wasn’t just some quirky incubator where they gave college students a few bucks to kick start their new companies (a... |
