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Applying to Y Combinator

Y Combinator is accepting applications from startups for the Winter 2024 funding cycle (Jan-Apr).

Danny Sheridan
Oct 13, 2023
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The application deadline for applying to Y Combinator is today, October 13th. However, they accept late submissions until the program starts in January. If you’re interested in applying, reach out!


The Application Deadline

Last I wrote in February, I shared that my team got backed by the Y Combinator (YC) accelerator program. YC is a venture capital firm that YC hosts two “batches” of 200+ startups per year. The application deadline for the upcoming batch is today, though they accept late applications (like mine this time last year!)

Get recommended

Getting a recommendation from a YC-backed founder increases your chance of getting accepted. With a 1.4% acceptance rate into the program, I’d highly recommend getting a recommendation from an alumni.

Female founders

From my anecdotal experience, about 10% of Y Combinator founders are female. I’d like to be part of changing that. The picture below does an accurate job depicting the male-to-female ratio.

If you know a female founder in the early stages of starting a company and would like to apply to YC, please have them get in touch with me at danny@buildwithfern.com.

In March 2023, Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston (co-founders of YC) spoke to the Winter 2023 entrepreneurs at the Y Combinator Palo Alto HQ.

We’re hiring at Fern

Since leaving Amazon/AWS, I co-founded Fern. Fern is an open source developer tool that makes it easier to build REST APIs.

Looking to join an early-stage startup? We’re hiring a frontend engineer and a full-stack engineer to join us.


The Role at a Glance

Compensation: $125,000 - $175,000 per year + equity
Title: Founding Engineer
Location: NYC (in office)
Learn more: buildwithfern.com/careers

Interested? Drop me a line at careers@buildwithfern.com

Thanks for following my journey,
Danny

Me and my YC group partner / mentor, Brad Flora, at the Y Combinator retreat. Photo from January 2023 in Sonoma, California.
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