Y STARTUP INDEX

The Y Startup Index was created by Yale alumni to strengthen the Yale startup community and is not affiliated with Yale University. We provide a better way for Y Investors to gain access to Y founder deals, and a better way for entrepreneurs to access a broader group of Yale alumni angels. The key idea is to reduce friction for entrepreneurs to get a large number of Yale alumni angels on their cap table for advice and support and for those angels to ensure that they see a broader selection of Y founder deals and have a placeholder investment with information exchange so that they can choose to upsize their investment or increase involvement as they see fit.Each angel invests $25k per year and becomes a member of the community supporting Y Founders.The index provides low-diligence $25,000 investment to any qualified Y startups. These are startups where the founder is verified as a Yale affiliated individual... While we plan to donate profits after expenses to the Yale entrepreneurship..