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# Is YC worth it? Will an accelerator help my business grow?
- URL: https://www.founderbounty.com/is-yc-worth-it-will-an-accelerator-help-my-business-grow/
- Published: 2023-05-22T23:00:16.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-04T15:29:26.000Z
- Author: Vlad Kozul
- Tags: Venture capital and Fundraising

The short answer to this question having gone through [Techstars](https://www.techstars.com/?ref=founderbounty.com) and also interviewed at [YC](https://www.ycombinator.com/?ref=founderbounty.com) is yes. If your looking for a pre seed or a seed round, YC has all of them and we do recommend if you get accepted that you take it. The reasons are below. This year its just as worth doing as any previous years being the top tier accelerator around.

## What is YC

Y Combinator (YC) is a startup accelerator that was founded in March 2005\. YC has helped launch over 4,000 companies, including household names such as Airbnb, Coinbase, Cruise, DoorDash, Dropbox, Instacart, Quora, PagerDuty, [Reddit](https://reddit.com/?ref=founderbounty.com), [Stripe](https://stripe.com/en-gb-us?ref=founderbounty.com), and Twitch. As of January 2025, the combined valuation of the top YC companies was over $600 billion. YC's accelerator program began in Boston and Mountain View and expanded to San Francisco in 2019\. Forbes characterized YC as one of the most successful startup accelerators in Silicon Valley in 2012.

## What you get:

1. **The network**
2. **Access to VC's**
3. **Amazing mentors and advisors (even people like Paul Graham)**

**1) Network**

It has an amazing network that will blow your mind with practically every VC in the world somehow connected to them. 

**2) Looking for funding? It has amazing access to the best VC's**

If YC does select you the chances of getting funded have just gone up by a huge amound. Almost all YC companies get funding. As other VC's see this as immediate validation of your idea or business. So congrats your in the 1% of founders who have made it to this stage!

3) **Advisors and mentors**

Having some of the best founders and alumni, with founders of companies like [dropbox](https://www.dropbox.com/home?ref=founderbounty.com) and [airbnb](https://airbnb.com/?ref=founderbounty.com) \- you can bet it has some amazing mentors and founders that can take your business even further.

## Conclusion

Having been around startups for years now I can definitely tell you its worth applying. Check the article below for knowledge on how to do it.

## We also wrote an article on whether accelerators like Antler are worth doing

[Is antler or any accelerator worth doing to start my company in 2025Entrepreneurs do need a lot of support and it’s not easy to build a company. The antler ecosystem is great and the networking with high caliber people is top-notch. If you are looking for an experience that combines motivation top MBA compared with seasoned entrepreneurs such as myself, (feel free to add me on LinkedIn) I would suggest going for antler.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2b/26/2b26b1fd-73cd-4f02-8e47-30befb47b417/content/images/icon/F-3-18.png)FounderBountyVlad Kozul![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2b/26/2b26b1fd-73cd-4f02-8e47-30befb47b417/content/images/thumbnail/StockSnap_NJTXVEAEMC-3.jpg)](https://www.founderbounty.com/is-antler-worth-doing/)

[My interview with YC and how you can do better.I’m sharing my experience from interviewing with Y Combinator accelerator, one of the world’s best Venture capital companies. The YC interview is short quick, to the point, and also a great learning experience. Just getting an interview you are in the top 1% of founders so count yourself lucky. We t…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2b/26/2b26b1fd-73cd-4f02-8e47-30befb47b417/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/05/F-3.png)FounderBounty. Learn how to build a startup and business with case studies, mentors and courses from the best entrepreneurs.Vlad Kozul![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2b/26/2b26b1fd-73cd-4f02-8e47-30befb47b417/content/images/2022/02/Y-Combinator-D.webp)](https://www.founderbounty.com/my-interview-with-yc-and-how-you-can-do-better/)

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