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ReverseYC
See what startups built after YC said no
ReverseYC is a public record of startups that applied to Y Combinator, were rejected, and kept building. Explore evidence-backed funding, revenue, and user milestones, or submit your own story. Rejections are self-reported. Not affiliated with YC.
About ReverseYC on Product Hunt
“See what startups built after YC said no”
ReverseYC was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 2 comments, placing #154 on the daily leaderboard. ReverseYC is a public record of startups that applied to Y Combinator, were rejected, and kept building. Explore evidence-backed funding, revenue, and user milestones, or submit your own story. Rejections are self-reported. Not affiliated with YC.
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Who hunted ReverseYC?
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Hey Product Hunt 👋
A rejection is a moment. It is not the outcome.
The startup world documents accelerator acceptances obsessively. But when a founder is rejected and keeps building, the story usually disappears, even when that company later raises meaningful funding, reaches millions of users, creates real revenue, or exits.
That is why we built ReverseYC.
It is a free, public collection of companies that:
applied to Y Combinator
were rejected
continued building
later produced evidence of funding, revenue, users, or another meaningful outcome
You can search the collection, filter companies by outcome or YC year, and open each entry to review the sources supporting its claims.
Founders can also submit their own company. We ask for the rejection context, the outcome, supporting source links, and an email confirmation before publication.
A few important clarifications:
This is not an attack on YC.
Rejections are self-reported.
Outcome claims are reviewed against submitted public sources.
ReverseYC is not affiliated with Y Combinator.
No accelerator or investor can predict every future outcome. We wanted to build a record of what founders did after one particular decision was over.
We would especially value feedback on three things:
What evidence should be required before an entry is published?
Which outcome types would make the collection more useful?
What could ReverseYC show that would help rejected founders keep building?
The most interesting part of a rejection story is what happened next.
-Artem