Rebel aims to invest in the top 10% of startups (top 0.1% of applicants) from Y Combinator, the #1 accelerator in the world with 90+ unicorns and $600B+ in portfolio company value. The fund’s investing partners are accomplished Y Combinator alumni who have co-founded companies now valued at over $100B in aggregate — including Reddit, Instacart, Cruise, Gusto, Scribd, Rappi and more — and together invested in nearly 200 startups with top-decile portfolio returns. Rebel has unique access to top Y Combinator startups with a >98% deal win rate, typically pre-Demo Day. The fund utilizes a proprietary machine-learning algorithm called Rebel Theorem 3.0 to help validate and screen potential investments, building a diversified portfolio of Y Combinator startups that is statistically powered to outperform.
