When did the venture capital firm where Emmett Shear is a part-time partner start?
Y Combinator (company) Y Combinator is an American seed accelerator, started in March 2005. In 2017 "Forbes" ranked YC one of two "Platinum Plus Tier U.S. Accelerators". "Fast Company" has called YC "the world's most powerful start-up incubator". "Fortune" has called Y Combinator "a spawning ground for emerging tech giants".
Frank J. Caufield Frank J. Caufield (born 1939) is best known as a co-founder of the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, based in Menlo Park, California.