Inside Y Combinator with UTS Startups
Join UTS Startups for a talk with Y Combinator partner and CEO Michael Seibel and Proxy Founder Denis Mars.
Before YC, Michael was the co-founder and CEO of Justin.tv (which later became Twitch and sold to Amazon for $1B), and Socialcam. Michael will cover some of the myths that exist around starting startups and he’ll talk about how YC can help you get started.
Denis is the Co-Founder of Proxy. Proxy is on a mission to create an identity signal for every person on the planet and make it universally accessible, secure, and private. Denis will talk about his founder journey and his YC experience.
Michael and Denis will also spend time answering your questions.
Format
- 25-minute Fireside Chat with Michael and Denis
- 30-minute live Q&A, open to the audience
Who is this for?
- Startup founders and team members thinking of applying for an accelerator program
- Startups looking for funding opportunities
- Anyone interested in the startup ecosystem and Y Combinator
- Anyone interested in entrepreneurship, becoming an entrepreneur or working in a startup
About YC
Y Combinator is a startup fund based in Mountain View, CA. Twice a year YC invests a small amount of money in a large number of startups. The YC partners work closely with each company to get them into the best possible shape and refine their pitch to investors. Each batch culminates in Demo Day, when the startups present their companies to a carefully selected audience of investors. Y Combinator has invested in over 2,500 companies including Stripe, Airbnb, Instacart, Dropbox, Reddit, Coinbase and inkgo Bioworks. The combined valuation of YC companies is over $150B.
About UTS Startups
UTS Startups inspires and supports student-led tech-enabled startups at scale.
Event Partners
UTS Startups | Fishburners | UTS Techcelerator and Faculty of Engineering and IT | UTS Business School | UTS Transdisciplinary Innovation School | Sydney School of Entrepreneurship | Spark Festival | INCUBATE