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		dmoney on July 4, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Success of Y Combinator startups? So if they continue being acquired and dying at the same rate a YC startup has a 24-28% chance of acquisition (depending whether you count the merged startup as an acquisition or a death).

pg on July 4, 2008 [–]

It should be higher, because deaths tend to happen faster than acquisitions.

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