<story><title>YC has just closed a new $8.25 million fund</title><url>http://ycombinator.posterous.com/yc-has-just-closed-a-new-825-million-fund</url><text></text></story><parent_chain><item><author>staunch</author><text>I&apos;m hoping we&apos;ll eventually see some experimentation with the model, now that they have more money to work with.&lt;p&gt;I&apos;ve always believed there&apos;s room for a YC-like company to do slightly bigger investments. Instead of $17k for 2 founders, it would be $80k for 2 founders. That way they could attract people with higher cost of living/high paying jobs (who would hopefully tend to be more successful due to more experience/connections/stability)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pg</author><text>Actually given an incremental dollar to invest I&apos;d always prefer to expand sideways rather than depthwise.  It&apos;s much more interesting to fund a whole new startup than to give more money to an existing one.&lt;p&gt;Plus the startups themselves don&apos;t need that as much; there are already lots of investors ready to give the next $100k to startups we seed.</text></comment>
<story><title>YC has just closed a new $8.25 million fund</title><url>http://ycombinator.posterous.com/yc-has-just-closed-a-new-825-million-fund</url><text></text></story><parent_chain><item><author>staunch</author><text>I&apos;m hoping we&apos;ll eventually see some experimentation with the model, now that they have more money to work with.&lt;p&gt;I&apos;ve always believed there&apos;s room for a YC-like company to do slightly bigger investments. Instead of $17k for 2 founders, it would be $80k for 2 founders. That way they could attract people with higher cost of living/high paying jobs (who would hopefully tend to be more successful due to more experience/connections/stability)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>webwright</author><text>Supply/demand.  Why would YC (or ANY early stage investor) ever want their money to go to your higher cost of living when they have a line out the door of great opportunities founded by people who have a cheaper lifestyle and/or a pile of personal savings?&lt;p&gt;The answer, of course, is &quot;they&apos;d do it if it was an unusually good startup with TONS of traction.&quot;  Of course, if you&apos;re in that boat fundraising isn&apos;t a problem, is it?</text></comment>