Posterous, from YC S08, will shut down on April 30.  The team behind the popular “share anything” blogging platform was acqui-hired by Twitter in March 2012.  If you use Posterous and have waited until the last minute to move your blogs, you still have some options.  Those options include Weebly and Posthaven.

Greater wealth is created simply by not giving up so easy.  That’s the conclusion of the data below for the 23 YC funded startups with known exit amounts.  This post is a follow-up to Longevity of YC Startups From Funding Through Acquisition.

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 […]

Eighteen months to two years has traditionally been the average lifespan of any startup destined to either give up or get acquired.  Luma.io announced today that it’s been acquired by Facebook’s Instagram subsidiary.  Luma.io was one of many apps pitched as an “Instagram for video,” providing video stabilization, filters, and hosting.  Yesterday, I wrote about […]

“As of now, 37 YC cos have valuations of or sold for at least $40m.” That’s according to a recent tweet by Paul Graham.  Mr. Graham elaborates in a follow-up tweet that 37 is from a total 511 companies.  So about 7% of all YC companies either are, or were at the time of their […]

Upverter held a hardware hackathon at Y Combinator HQ last Saturday, posting photos of the event and a recap on the Upverter blog.  Setup began at 7 in the morning and clean-up finished after 11 at night.  The hackathon had 300 applicants that resulted in over 130 attendees, 32 submitted hacks, 30 one-minute presentations, and 11 awards […]

YCW13 is winding down towards Demo Day on March 26.  About a month before Demo Day, the companies start showing up in the press.  Professional courtesy is that I don’t add companies to the YC Companies page until I see them announce publicly on sites like TechCrunch, Hacker News, and the official YC Posterous. Right now, […]