BufferBox has been acquired by Google, reports an article on Business Insider.  BufferBox is “an automated, self-serve kiosk to eliminate the frustrations and hassle involved with failed parcel deliveries. BufferBox has successfully deployed our first kiosk that allows for 24/7 pick-up of parcels at a convenient location” (CrunchBase).  BufferBox graduated from Y Combinator’s most recent batch this […]

Sixty-one known companies funded by Y Combinator have exited through acquisition.  That’s 11% of the 564 total companies.  In my previous post, I stated the average lifespan of startups that get acquired is typically between 18 months to 24 months.  Below is a complete list of the name and age of all 61 YC companies […]

With each successive round, Y Combinator frequently funds new markets of startups that solve existing problems for other YC companies and the greater startup ecosystem.  I’ve recently been able to identify sixteen such companies in five new markets.