Y combinator s19_demo_day_trends
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The document summarizes trends from Y Combinator's Summer 2019 Demo Day. It notes that 174 companies participated from 27 countries, with 38% of companies being outside the US and 27.5% having female founders. Popular trends included income share agreements going mainstream through companies like Lambda School and Juno. Collaboration tools for remote teams like Tandem and PopSQL were also discussed. The document also highlights several interesting Indian startups that participated in YC including GreenTiger, which aims to be Robinhood for India, and Mela, which aims to be Pinduoduo for India.
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- 1. S19 Demo Day Trends 26th Aug, 2019 Vinod
- 2. @vinod_shankar YC Summer 2019 Stats 174 Companies 27 Countries 38% Outside US 27.5% Companies with Female Founders 5.7% India based companies !2
- 3. @vinod_shankar Trends in S19 - ISA has gone mainstream now • Micro-verse • ISA - Lambda School for software developers in emerging countries • Peer-to-Peer learning model • No teachers, 90% margin • Juno • Offline Lambda School but 9 weeks • $3Million in revenues, bootstrapped • Bought a large 12 acre campus • Blair • Finance college education through ISA • Tuition to cost of living • Funds - Invested by external investors • Invested $250k in 20 student, raising second fund for $250k • Expected IRR ~14% !3
- 4. @vinod_shankar X for Latin America, Indonesia, India • As the next frontier market for well proven/funded models from US/ India/China • Kuarti - Oyo for Latin America • Trade ID - Robinhood for Indonesia • GreenTiger - Robinhood for India • Mela - PDD for India • Groupshopping, 750 orders • Tranqui - Sofi for Latin America • Payroll linked loans. Sofi started with Student loans • Move to wealth management like Sofi !4 Trade in the US stocks
- 5. @vinod_shankar Collaboration/Remote Working tools • Tandem • virtual office for remote teams that lets people see who is online, what they’re working on and who is available to talk • Rumoured seed - $7.5M @ $30M by a16z leading • Tasked • Collaboration tool for remote teams • Create lists, outlines and mind maps • PopSQL • Collaborative SQL Query editing, grouped • Shared across teams !5
- 6. @vinod_shankar No Code visual tools • Intersect labs • No code machine learning in 3 clicks • Data scientists are expensive • Use past data of customers, target SME • ActionDesk • Build internal apps using spreadsheet skills • Import data dynamically and push to slack/dashboard • DraftBit • Build apps visually • No templates, custom built, collaborate development ( developers and non-developers) • Production ready source code !6
- 7. @vinod_shankar YC S19 -Interesting one’s • Talar • Last meter delivery into your refrigerator/pantry • Trust based logistics, 90 customers • 4 Stanford grads including one Indian • Globe • Airbnb by the hour for work • Mostly for working professional • Gmelius • Similar to Hiver • Support/helpdesk inside Gmail !7 • Shiru • Creating protein ingredients to replace dairy and eggs • The next impossible food, beyond meat • 7 protein candidates, 3 LOI from food companies • Rejuvenation Technologies • Turning back the aging clock - Telomere • Telomere extension drug • Extending lifespan and health span • Cloosiv • Perpule’s Digital cafeteria feature • Order ahead from local coffee shops
- 8. @vinod_shankar YC S19 -Interesting one’s • MightyApp • Faster google chrome browser • Mixpanel Founder • Targeting 1% of chrome • Luxury apps - like SuperHuman, Cred • Monaru, Drex • Personnel CRM • Help maintain you networks/relationships • Stoic • Emotion tracking app • Make people feel better • Node, Rent The backyard • Housing shortage in valley • Cottage in 10 days !8 • Prenda • Micro-schools in your neighbourhood upto K8 • 8-10 students in a micro-school • Tool, training and curriculum provided by Prenda • Funding provided by Prenda to set-up micro- schools • Compound • Wealth managements for employees with ESOPS with startups • Employees not aware of ESOPS • Nomad rides • Uber, Ola killers • Commission free Rideshare • Charge subscription to drivers
- 9. @vinod_shankar Indian Start-ups at YC !9
- 10. @vinod_shankar YC Comes home • 50% increase in applications from Indian start-ups • 12 Indian start-ups, 10 public, 2 under wraps • Adora Cheung, lived in India for month to understand India context and followed with 140 interviews at Meesho’s office, Bengaluru • In a first for YC, interviews conducted outside Valley • W19 interviews are being held in Israel !10
- 11. @vinod_shankar S18 YC India Track !11 Company Description 1 MyPetrolPump B2B fuel delivery in India 2 Vahan Helping on-demand companies hire workers using WhatsApp 3 Lokal Local news for 900m non-English speaking INdian 4 Khabri Podcasts in 100 Indian languages 5 Wingman (String.ai) Real-time SaaS coach that listens in on sales calls (SAAS for SAAS) 6 Digiprex Online pharmacy in India for Chronic diseases 7 Mela Pinduoduo for India 8 Nonu Hims for India 9 GreenTiger Robinhood for India 11 Binks Tailor made clothing for Indian women