YC Summer 2020 Batch Stats

by Michael Seibel8/28/2020

At our 31st Demo Day, 198 companies presented virtually over two days. You can see a list of the companies that presented on-the-record in the YC Directory.

You can also read about the companies in TechCrunch here and here.

Below are some stats about the YC Summer 2020 batch.

As a reminder, the application deadline for YC W21 is coming up on September 23. Apply here.

YC S20 categories:
B2B Software and Services – 48%
Consumer – 13%
Education – 4%
Financial Technology and Services – 11%
Government – 1%
Healthcare – 16%
Industrials – 4%
Real Estate and Construction – 3%

Countries represented: 26 countries (36% of the S20 companies were based outside the U.S.)
Argentina
Brazil
Canada
Colombia
Chile
China
Egypt
France
Germany
India
Indonesia
Israel
Italy
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Mexico
Netherlands
Norway
Pakistan
Panama
Russia
Singapore
Spain
Sweden
UK
U.S.

Founder demographics:
Women founders: 16% of the companies have a women founder, 9% of the founders are women
Black founders: 6% of the companies have a Black founder; 4% of the founders are Black
Latinx founders: 10% of the companies have a Latinx founder; 10% of the founders are Latinx

Some of the themes we saw in this batch:
– Startups revamping traditional industries
– Sustainability and housing
– Hardware
– Post-COVID world, including online communities and creators, edtech, remote tools, and delivery solutions for retail and restaurants
– Healthcare and biotech, including responses to COVID-19, mental health resources, treatments, management software, and health coverage and telemedicine options
– The Future of work
– Serving businesses, including fintech, business management software, tech-enabled services, marketing, and marketplaces
– Developer tools, including no-code tools
– Consumer, including fintech

Author

  • Michael Seibel

    Michael Seibel is a Group Partner and Managing Director, Early Stage at YC. He was the cofounder and CEO Justin.tv and Socialcam. Socialcam sold to Autodesk in 2012 and Justin.tv became Twitch.