YC Winter 2021 Batch Stats

by Michael Seibel3/23/2021

Today is our 32nd Demo Day, and 319 companies are presenting virtually. You can see a list of the companies that presented on-the-record in the YC Directory.

Below are some stats about the YC Winter 2021 batch.

YC W21 categories:
B2B Software and Services – 46%
Consumer – 14%
Education – 4%
Financial Technology and Services – 15%
Healthcare – 12%
Industrials – 6%
Real Estate and Construction – 3%

Countries represented: 41 countries (50% of the W21 companies were based outside the U.S.)
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Côte d’Ivoire
Croatia
Denmark
Dubai
Egypt
France
Germany
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Kenya
Korea
Lithuania
Malaysia
Mexico
Nigeria
Norway
Pakistan
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Singapore
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Syria
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Vietnam

Founder demographics:
Women founders: 19% of the companies have a women founder, 10% of the founders are women
Black founders: 7% of the companies have a Black founder; 5% of the founders are Black
Latinx founders: 13% of the companies have a Latinx founder; 14% of the founders are Latinx

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.