Y Combinator
Status
Always open
Open continuously
No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.
Amount
$500,000
US$125,000 for 7% on a post-money SAFE plus US$375,000 on an uncapped MFN SAFE
Funder
Y Combinator
private · national
Deadline: cutoff — Four batches a year with published deadlines; late applications are considered
Your odds
Not published
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Effort
quick
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Stage: idea, pre_seed, seed
Founders relocate to the Bay Area for the batch. YC helps non-US companies reincorporate as a Delaware C-corp.
Source. https://www.ycombinator.com/apply — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked