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Stripe Is Now a $20B Company

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563 points jonknee | 2 comments | 26 Sep 18 18:04 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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haaen ◴[26 Sep 18 19:17 UTC] No.18079316[source]▶
Stripe is the second most valuable YC company. Total valuation of all companies that YC funded (more than 1,900) now exceeds 100 billon dollars.

Airbnb has a private valuation of 31 billion. Stripe has a private valuation of 20 billion. Dropbox has a public valuation (DBX) of 11 billion.

So the two most valuable companies account for about half the total value of all the YC companies. This is what a power law looks like!

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1. ransom1538 ◴[26 Sep 18 20:22 UTC] No.18079902[source]▶
"This is what a power law looks like!"

Exactly. That is why, now, if a VC looks at your company they think: "Will this company be worth more than all the companies we have ever funded combined". So if the idea isn't something close to that power law, they are out. My 'buy Japanese bubble gum' idea might not hit that.

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2. gammateam ◴[26 Sep 18 23:45 UTC] No.18081185[source]▶
No., they invest on the merit of the idea and any Venture Capitalist's funding is validation of the idea in and of itself!

SYKE