Incubators matter: The average Y Combinator company is worth $45.2M

Does it matter whether your fledgling company spends a stint in an incubator? Does it ever! Forbes’ recent ranking of incubators around the country found that the average Y Combinator company is worth $45.2 million. Just try doing that on your own.

That’s the average across 172 companies, mind you: The total value of all Y Combinator companies is $7.8 billion. "The data is of course skewed by certain large companies," Forbes admits, among them Dropbox and Airbnb, although Mountain View, Calif.-based Y Combinator didn’t spell out how much each of its alumni are worth.

Dylan Tweney

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