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Validated Thesis
We've pressure-tested the market and the model. The bet is made — you don't start from a blank page.
YC Ventures is a venture builder. We incubate from thesis to first revenues, then scale on a shared platform — the same commercial, technical, and capital rails that run our fleet. You bring the operating muscle. We bring everything else.
We've pressure-tested the market and the model. The bet is made — you don't start from a blank page.
Commercial, technical, legal, finance — the rails are live. Plug in and run.
The job is to ship, close, and land the first paying customers — fast.
Compound it on shared infrastructure. The next venture inherits what you build.
A market gap we've already proven, with the model and the numbers behind it.
Operating platform, infrastructure, and back-office wired and ready on day one.
Funded from the group balance sheet — no fundraising treadmill before you've built.
Your job: turn all of it into a company. Ship. Close. Hire. Compound.
Founder-level equity in the venture you run — your upside is the company's upside.
The group's commercial, technical, and operational rails behind you from day one.
Work directly with the people who built the group. Decisions, not committees.
We'd rather back a second-time founder carrying real lessons than a first-timer carrying only a thesis.
No cover letters. No ATS resumes. Show us how you think.
We read every one. If the thinking lands, you'll hear from a partner directly — not an automated reply.