"The total value of YC companies is now around $3 billion — YC has invested a total of around $5 million."
Damn, that's a good return, if you assume all positions were held and an 8% stake taken then that should yield $240 million, or an ROI (CAGR) of 116% since 2005. (This assumes the 5 million was all invested in 2005).
Anyone have a good metric to factor dilution from future rounds?
Given that you can achieve 12x return on equity within YC, the obvious follow-on is: can YC itself scale, or does it depend on the few individuals currently running it for its success?
I know other YC-a-like organisations have started up elsewhere: have any of them been running long enough to get any idea of long term success yet?
Damn, that's a good return, if you assume all positions were held and an 8% stake taken then that should yield $240 million, or an ROI (CAGR) of 116% since 2005. (This assumes the 5 million was all invested in 2005).
Anyone have a good metric to factor dilution from future rounds?