Y Combinator adds five new partners to guide its startups towards success

Y Combinator welcomed five new partners to its elite cabal today and said goodbye to one.

Verbling brings immersive language learning into your living room (exclusive)

Y Combinator-backed Verbling is a platform that connects people online to practice speaking foreign languages together. Today, the startup introduced Verbling Courses, a new product that seeks to make students proficient as quickly as possible.

YC startup bets crowdsourcing can diagnose diseases better than doctors

CrowdMed is a crowdsourced medical diagnosis platform. The company participated in the most recent Y Combinator class and launched publicly today with $1.1M in funding from top-tier investors.

Recurious debuts Dinorama educational mobile game where the emphasis is on fun

With funding from Reid Hoffman's Greylock and other famous investors, Recurious could stand out among education app-makers.

Flightcar gets $5.5M so you can make money and avoid long-term parking fees

Flightcar will not only give you free parking at the airport, but will pay you to rent out your car while you're gone. The company got $5.5 million in its first round of funding today.

SmartAsset’s expanded platform guides you down road to home ownership

Personal finance startup SmartAsset has significantly expanded its platform that provides people with tools they need to make better make home-buying decisions.

YC-backed Hipset’s YouTube network makes celebrities more rich and famous

Today, Y Combinator company Hipset introduced a multichannel YouTube network that helps musicians grow and monetize their online audience.

Balanced adds $2M from Andreessen Horowitz, Collaborative Fund into its checkbook

Balanced, which provides backend payments solutions for online marketplaces, adds $2 million into its seed round after six months of strong momentum.

SEC recognizes FundersClub as first-ever online VC

In huge news for the venture capital world, the SEC officially announced that it will not recommend enforcement action against online investment platform FundersClub.

Prizeo charity raffles could make your celebrity dreams come true

Prizeo's online raffles give anyone the opportunity to share experiences with their favorite celebrities, for a good cause.

YC’s first nonprofit wants medical care for everyone on the planet

Watsi is a crowdfunding platform that helps fund basic medical treatments for people in need.

‘Kickstarter for science’ wants to cure Alzheimers, teach coding, save the pandas

Microryza is a crowdfunding platform for scientific research projects.

Wevorce wants to make divorce suck less

Wevorce combines family law expertise with software to make the divorce process cheaper, more friendly, and easier on everyone involved.

Paul Graham: when a handshake deal is not a handshake deal

The new Silicon Valley handshake is a four-step digitally-enhanced process.

Fee-fi-fo-fum: Virool raises giant-sized first round

Video advertising platform Virool raises $6.6 million in seed funding, which is the largest seed round in Y Combinator's history.

Y Combinator-backed Coinbase now selling over $1M Bitcoins per month

Customers of Coinbase, a platform for buying and selling digital currency Bitcoin, have bought or sold more than $1 million worth of Bitcoin in the past 30 days.

42floors takes $12.3M to hack commercial real estate at home, abroad

42floors raises new funds to better connect companies without office space and office space without companies.

Members Only: NVCA admits FundersClub into its ranks

Online investing platform FundersClub gains acceptance and legitimacy as a member of the National Venture Capital Association.