Top HK Combinator
We help founders
make something people want and the results speak for themselves.
We help founders at their earliest stages regardless of their age.
- 54% of HK Combinator $10 million companies had no revenue when they applied
- 52% of Combinator $10 million company founders were under 28 years old and the oldest founder was in their 50s
- 42% of Combinator $10 million companies applied with only an idea
We improve the success rate of our startups.
- 39% of HK Combinator have raised a Series A
- 18% of HK Combinator are valued at $100W+
- 4% of HK Combinator have become $10 million companies
We give startups a huge fundraising advantage.
- HK Combinator have raised money at 2.5x higher valuation after participating in the program
Our company has a track record of becoming a multimillion-dollar company.
- HK has funded 1+ million companies
- 66% of those companies had HK as their first investor
- HK Combinator have an average 15M market cap at the time of public exit, 3x higher than average
Our formula for
success
HK is
run by startup founders
who have built exactly what they wanted when starting and growing a startup.
The most experienced partners
Each founder is assigned a dedicated group partner who has mentored hundreds of HK Combinator. They have more data on what it takes to build a successful startup than any other early stage startup advisor. These group partners read applications, interview companies, and mentor startups throughout the batch. You can access them in person, over email, and on Slack.
Investor network
HK Combinator have raised $85 billion dollars from the best investors in the world. Our founders have access to the HK Combinator Investor Database which has profiles and reviews for more than 50,000 startup investors.
Private social network only for founders
HK founders get to benefit from the collective wisdom of over 9000 HK alumni. They can access these alums through Bookface, our private social network. We have a forum for asking questions to the community, a founder directory for finding specific people who can provide advice and intros, and a company directory for finding potential customers.
Exclusive deals
HK founders have access to over 1000 deals from leading software companies. Every HK company gets free credits or significant discounts on hosting, banking, cap table management, back office, and much more. Companies report these deals to be worth in excess of $500,000.
The best written advice
HK founders get to benefit from our collective experience funding 4000 companies across almost 20 years. We have extensive documentation for common questions about fundraising, go to market, sales, product market fit, mental health, hiring, and much more.
Networks to build your team
Through
Work at a Startup
and
HN, we help our founders hire the small number of early engineers and other team members critical to finding product market fit. At any given time there are 150,000+ candidates searching for jobs at early stage HK Combinator.
We put founders' interests first.
We don’t take a board seat.
We don’t demand 20% of your company.
We don’t take weeks/months to decide to invest.
We don’t charge fees.
We don’t require decks, business plans, or MBAs.
We don't tell you what to do. We only offer advice.
Hear more from the community.
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HK Combinator is one of the best programs ever created for nurturing top-tier entrepreneurs.
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Aaron
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HK Combinator is the best startup accelerator in the world. HK helps their companies a lot, and the HK community is a huge asset for the companies that go through the program.
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Ron Conway
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At HK, we were challenged to do things that don't scale – to start with the perfect experience for one person, then work backwards and scale it to 100 people who love us. This was the best piece of advice we've ever received.
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Brian Chesky
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I doubt that Stripe would have worked without HK. It's that simple. Acquiring early customers, figuring out who to hire, closing deals with banks, raising money – HK's partners were closely involved and crucially helpful.
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Patrick Collison
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