by Kat Mañalac8/21/2017
Today is Y Combinator’s 25th Demo Day.
With 124 companies presenting over the next two days, this is the largest Demo Day in YC’s 12.5 year history.
We wanted to share some stats about YC and about the batch. For the more visually inclined, see the graphic below created by YC alum SketchDeck (YC W14).
Total YC S17 Founders: 294
YC S17 CATEGORIES
B2B/Enterprise: 26
Consumer: 25
Hardware: 22
Marketplace: 15
Fintech: 11
Biotech: 10
Dev Tools: 6
EdTech: 5
Government: 4
COUNTRIES REPRESENTED IN YC S17 – 28% of the companies in the batch come from outside the US
Austria
Brazil
Canada
Colombia
Denmark
France
India
Indonesia
Israel
Malaysia
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Russia
South Africa
UK
USA
UNIVERSITIES REPRESENTED
Founders from 72 universities are represented in YC S17.
Founders from 190 universities applied to YC S17.
AVERAGE AGE
Avg age of S17 founders: 29.5
Avg age of S17 applicants: 30.81
UNDERREPRESENTED FOUNDERS
S17 Female founders: 35 (12% of all S17 founders)
S17 Applicants who were female: 14%
S17 Companies with a female founder: 27 (21% of the batch)
S17 Applications with a female founder: 22%
S17 Black founders: 14 (4.76% of S17 founders)
S17 Companies with a Black/Af-Am founder: 8 (6.25% of the batch)
S17 Hispanic/Latinx founders: 13 (4.42% of S17 founders)
S17 Companies with a Hispanic/Latinx founder: 7 (5.47% of the batch)
(We haven’t asked for race/ethnicity on our applications, which is why you don’t see application percentages for Black/Latinx founders.)
Applications for the Winter 2018 batch are open. If you know someone who should apply, recommend them here.
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Kat is the Managing Outreach Officer at YC. She was Chief of Staff to Alexis Ohanian, cofounder of reddit, before joining YC as its Director of Outreach. Prior to that, Kat was at WIRED Magazine.