Track YC Demo Day Companies in Real Time (with code)
Y Combinator's Demo Day is a key event for venture capital sourcing, featuring around 250 companies presenting in a short timeframe. The article discusses how to efficiently track these companies in real time using a simple Python script that scrapes data from the YC website. It highlights the importance of prioritizing companies quickly to secure investment opportunities.
- ▪Y Combinator Demo Day occurs twice a year and features approximately 250 companies.
- ▪The top 50 companies receive term sheets within 48 hours after the event.
- ▪A Python script can be used to scrape real-time data from the YC company directory during Demo Day.
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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 3856502) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } NexGenData Posted on May 22 Track YC Demo Day Companies in Real Time (with code) #ycombinator #demoday #scraping #preseed Track YC Demo Day Companies in Real Time (with code) Y Combinator Demo Day is the single most concentrated VC sourcing event of the year. Twice annually, ~250 companies present back-to-back over 1-2 days. Within 48 hours, the top 50 have term sheets. Within 7 days, the next 50 have term sheets.
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