<story><title>Ask HN: Which successful startups were rejected by YC?</title><text>And if the founders or anyone in the YC jury read this: what was the reason?</text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ig1</author><text>Companies which have publicly disclosed that were rejected by YC and have since raised &amp;gt;$20m:&lt;p&gt;* Chartboost&lt;p&gt;* Sendgrid&lt;p&gt;* LightSail&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve seen it claimed that Couchbase should be on this list, but I&amp;#x27;ve never seen a primary source which verifies that they were rejected from YC.</text></comment>
<story><title>Ask HN: Which successful startups were rejected by YC?</title><text>And if the founders or anyone in the YC jury read this: what was the reason?</text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>mhluongo</author><text>BlockCypher[1] has written about this. I think SnapCard did something similar, though the closest I can find is an article about the laundry service they started[2].&lt;p&gt;[1] - &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;blog.blockcypher.com&amp;#x2F;what-adam-saw-that-sam-didnt-a0c500dda70#.iwao2hq2x&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;blog.blockcypher.com&amp;#x2F;what-adam-saw-that-sam-didnt-a0...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] - &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;pando.com&amp;#x2F;2013&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;superhero-laundry-founders-launch-startup-to-prove-a-point-then-shut-it-down-once-they-succeed&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;pando.com&amp;#x2F;2013&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;superhero-laundry-founders-laun...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;EDIT - Citations</text></comment>