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Does Y Combinator ever fund British startups?

6th July 2011

My answer to Does Y Combinator ever fund British startups? on Quora

Yes. Our startup http://lanyrd.com/ went through Y Combinator Winter 2011 (Jan to March this year) and we’re a pair of UK co-founders. We’re back in London now.

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