Comment by yumraj
15 years ago
So at roughly a stake of 6% which YC takes, at a total $3 billion valuation, YC's stake is worth $180 million, from an investment of just $5 million. Not a bad payoff, surely to make a lot of Angels and VCs very envious.
They have less than 6% of most of the most valued companies. They suffer dilution when these companies raised money. YC doesn't do follow-on rounds.
Then again the companies will probably be worth even more by the time they reach liquidity.