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Comment on Ask HN: Does YC Invest “Common Stock” or “Preferred Stock”?

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Y Combinator purchases common stock - approximately 6%. Y Combinator has a fund, called YCVC Fund I, that purchases a safe equal to 1% of the company (at the time of issuance of the safe). The safe is typically convertible into shares of the issuer's preferred stock (but could convert to common stock in a merger, for example). So between the two YC entities, that's 6% in common stock and 1% in a convertible security that will most likely turn into preferred stock. Hope that helps clarify!

Thanks for the clarification, Carolynn. How much of that $120k total investment goes to purchasing the Common Stock?

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