Largest Startup Incubators

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Fremont: Business incubators not only assist the businesses to become well-established and sustainable, but also nurture them to survive and grow during the startup period. Incubators provide 20 times more jobs than any other community infrastructure projects at a cost of $144 to $216 per job as compared to the $2920 to $6872 for the latter, according to a study by the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration. Here are few of the business incubators which have churned a lot of successful startups.

Y Combinator

y combinator, inclubator, seed fund, investment, silicon valleyFounded in 2005 by Paul Graham, Y-Combinator is a launchpad and venture fund for startups. It invests an average of $18,000 per company and takes a stake of around six percent. Its partners include Jessica Livingston, Paul Buchheit, Robert Morris, and Harj Taggar. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, it provides a seed funding of $11, 000 for the group, along with $3,000 for each member of the founding team of each team that is accepted by it. The famous startups which have graduated from Y Combinator include Reddit, Weebly, Scribd, YouGotListings, and many more. The incubator has raised a total of $10.3 million in funds from Sequoia Capital, Ron Conway, Paul Buchheit, Aydin Senkut, and XG Ventures.

 



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