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Startup Accelerator Y Combinator Hosts Virtual Demo Day

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Kate Clark
· · Source: The Information

Nearly 200 startups are making their big pitch to venture capitalists this morning—over Zoom. The companies, participants of Y Combinator’s summer batch, would normally gather alongside investors at San Francisco’s Pier 48 for pitches, mingling and fundraising negotiations. Due to Covid-19, the accelerator was forced to host its entire 10-week program online for the first time this summer, as...

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