Ask HN: Which YC rejects have gone on to success?
Also curious if there were many cases of rejections that after pivoting or further development managed to make it in another round.
It's not uncommon for YC companies to have been rejected from a previous batch. I think the mindset of the YC partners is that whenever they're iffy on a company, they'll by default reject them, and if they still come back to apply in the next round, then it proves their perseverance and they'll let them in. Total speculation on my part though :)
In terms of the most-rejected YC company, last I heard it was PagerDuty that got in on their fourth try.
Admitted to YC S10 and kicked out [1] but later raised $1.5 million. [2] Currently has $6.5 million in funding. [3]
1. http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/10/entrepreneur-y-combinator-kleiner-perkins/
2. http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/storenvy-secures-15-million-funding-fuel-growth-its-social-online-store-shopping-community-1386691.htm
3. http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/storenvy