Batch-oriented startups

Definition

Companies created in cohorts through accelerator programs like Y Combinator, characterized by shared learning and networking within their cohort group.

Example Usage

We went through Y Combinator S25, and the batch networking effects have been invaluable for hiring and partnerships.

Origin

Accelerator program terminology popularized by Y Combinator

Fun Fact

Y Combinator's batches have produced over $300 billion in company valuations

Source: Startup accelerator terminology

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The exhaustion investors feel after reviewing hundreds of pitch decks that all blur together with the same buzzwords and hockey stick projections. It's why your 'revolutionary AI blockchain solution' makes their eyes glaze over.

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spray and pray

An investment strategy of making many small bets across countless startups, hoping a few will hit big enough to compensate for the inevitable carnage. The venture capital equivalent of buying lottery tickets in bulk.

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Advanced

synthetic exit

Restructuring that gives early investors and employees liquidity without selling the company, like a pressure release valve for cap table tension. An exit without the exit.

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Down Round

A funding round where a company raises money at a lower valuation than the previous round, which is the startup equivalent of your house being appraised for less than you paid for it, except everyone on Twitter knows about it. Morale is measured in tears per employee.

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Intermediate

board observer

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pioneering

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