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Adding Canada Back to Our List of Accepted Countries of Incorporation

February 5, 2026*by Garry Tan

Going forward, YC will once again invest in US, Canada, Cayman, and
Singapore corporations.

We previously decided to remove Canada from this list because we
noticed that our top-performing Canadian companies reincorporated in
the US. This is likely because incorporating in the US gives
companies easier access to investor capital at Demo Day. But we don't
want to suggest that we no longer fund Canadian startups or Canadian
founders. In fact, we invest in dozens of Canadian startups each year
and have hundreds of Canadian founders in our alumni network,
including one of YC's founders, Trevor Blackwell.

If you're a Canadian founder, we welcome you to apply to YC.

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Garry is the President & CEO of Y Combinator. Previously, he was the
co-founder & Managing Partner of Initialized Capital. Before that, he
co-founded Posterous (YC S08) which was acquired by Twitter.

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