About The Y Combinator Database 2.0 on Product Hunt
“Everything you ever wanted to know about YC companies”
The Y Combinator Database 2.0 launched on Product Hunt on December 5th, 2018 and earned 576 upvotes and 37 comments, earning #1 Product of the Day. The most comprehensive and up-to-date public dataset on Y Combinator companies, with all batches from 2005 to 2018. Maintained by Snappr.
The Y Combinator Database 2.0 was featured in News (36.8k followers), Analytics (171.4k followers), Education (78.4k followers), Venture Capital (49.5k followers) and Tech (621.5k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 208.6k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted The Y Combinator Database 2.0?
The Y Combinator Database 2.0 was hunted by Matt Schiller. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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