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Over the years, evolving in its own way, Y Combinator has continued to grow at an astounding rate. It is valued now at $13.7 billion, with the clear potential for further growth.

Ignoring the mistake of valuing YC at $13.7B instead of its companies, here's a crazy idea: I wonder when we'll see YC go for an IPO?

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For me, it wouldn't make sense taking YC itself public. I can't see much of an upside to the partners for taking the company public. Please, correct me if you see otherwise.

What would be fantastic though, is for YC to incorporate their holding of each individual year (older than, say, 3 years) into a fund, and then take those public (and continue to do so). An annual YC ETF.

PG, has an annual YC ETF crossed your mind?

WeFunder has something like that. You can invest one lump sum in a group of YC companies.

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