Hi!
I would like to make soft hacking of YC application process. Lookig for breakdown of companies who made to YC by industry, country, b2b\b2c, Global \ US Market, business stage, product development stage, money raised befor applying, number of employees, number of founders, founders background - for the last 5 batches.
I'm usually good at sucessfully entering highly competitive clubs - I made 50:1 to McKinsey, 16:1 to Stanford GSB, 100:1 to Citadel hedgefund. I know that selection triggers exist and numbers work.
My team was rejected by YC with Moscow-based blockchain fintech b2b company. We checked logs - YC did it just because of our video, nobody never checked the product. So looks like some triggers did not go through - either b2b, or blockchain, or Russia. Some other accelerators said us that YC is mostly for consumer startups, and Bay area in general is not big on blockchain. So need historical proof, and analyze successful startup cases that have the same pattern.
Will appreciate help with statistics - this will help all of us avoiding info asymmetry in the future, and spend our time and efforts wisely.<p>Thank you<p>Igor