It’s time to play the Y Combinator valuation game again. YC founder Paul Graham tweeted out the latest stats on the early-stage startup accelerator, saying that companies who have passed through the program now have a combined valuation of $14.4 billion, with the total amount raised topping $2 billion.
The last time Graham announced Y Combinator stats was back in October, when total valuation for the 511 companies that had gone through the program up to its Summer 2013 class was $13.7 billion. The new numbers include that class, bringing the total number of companies Graham counts to 564.
YC stats: Total val $14.4b/564 cos to s2013 = $25.6m avg. Total raised $2.09b/564 = $3.7m avg. Days since contact with median co: 21.—
Paul Graham (@paulg) January 13, 2014
With $2.09 billion raised in total, the average amount of funding each company brought on is $3.7 million. But like most venture investment portfolios, the lion’s share of that funding has gone to a small number of big players. Airbnb has raised more than $325 million all by itself, while Dropbox has raised more than $250 million — and is reportedly raising another $250 million.
The bulk of Y Combinator’s portfolio valuation is mostly tied to the top end as well. In an email, Graham wrote that of the 564 companies that have gone through the program, 14 have valuations of $100 million or more. And the accelerator has seen 45 that are valued at or that sold for $40 million or more.
Y Combinator determines the value of the portfolio by adding up the valuations of all the startups that have either died, been acquired, or sold stock at a specific valuation. Therefore, not every company qualifies. Last time around, there were 306 companies with post-money valuations. (I’m trying to get an update on that number for this round of stats.)
(Updating…)
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