Y Combinator is an American seed accelerator launched in March 2005 and was used to launch over 2,000 companies including Dropbox, Airbnb, Stripe, Reddit, Optimizely, Zenefits, Docker, DoorDash, Mixpanel, Heroku.
I m building a startup and reaching the point where I need to better understand the early-stage funding landscape especially around pre-seed and first checks.
There s a lot of theory online, but I d love to hear your real stories and practical tips: