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sama, I'm curious about how it works when YC invests in a company with "millions of dollars raised"; do you still take 7% and if so how do you avoid the appearance of a down round?



we do, but we buy common stock, and no one thinks of it as a normal investment, so it's almost never problematic.


Someone looking at the investment history of a company isn't going to blindly look at the number and say "down round"; they're going to look at the name "Y Combinator".


And, presumably, get cartoon-style dollar signs in their eyes seconds afterwards.




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