The Y Startup Index

Investing to grow the Yale related startup community outside Yale University. Every year students, faculty, and graduates of Yale University found new high-growth companies - they’ll call them Y Founders. There are also many Yale alumni who are active investors as angels or venture capitalists - they'll call them Y Investors. There is an information problem in that the seed investing market is opaque, with information flowing inefficiently. This results in a situation where it is hard for Y Founders to find Y Investors, and Y investors definitely do not see every Y Founder deal. Further, while the Yale community has great loose networks of successful entrepreneurs and investors, if compared to other startup networks, there is a lot more friction for founders to access the resources, advice, and mentorship that could be brought to bear.