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Y Combinator's First Batch: Where Are They Now?

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Chris had been working on creating a better desktop search since early 2004, knowing that no existing solutions were any good. Latin America. Middle East. Y Combinator’s first batch: where are they now? 5th August 2012 by Christopher Jackson. From small seeds grow mighty oaks.

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Startup venture and alumni funds

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Shopify Sustainability Fund (founded 2004) – with a market cap of $73 billion, publicly traded Shopify launched a $5 million annual fund to invest in environmental technology fighting climate change. The mega grants are a way for Epic Games to back developers and companies using their Unreal engine.