Y Combinator ends with a final demo day, during which the companies in the program publicly launch and pitch to some of the most prominent venture capital firms in the Silicon Valley. (thedp.com)
A number of prominent venture capital firms also began investing during this period, including KleinerPerkins Caulfield & Byers, Bessemer Venture Partners, Accel Partners, and Google Ventures. (educationnext.org)
Its other backers include the mutual fund giant Fidelity and the big private equity investor TPG, as well as prominent venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, which has invested more money in Zenefits than in any other startup in its portfolio. (buzzfeed.com)