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Calculate startup inflation based on YC deals and see what being a unicorn really means across different years
Calculate Your Deal
Deal Amount (USD)
Compare to Year
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Inflation Rate
That's not inflation, that's a different dimension 🚀
Unicorn Threshold
$4,166,666,667
Need $4,166,166,667 more to be a unicorn
In 2005 Terms
$6,000
Same purchasing power as 2005
Fun Facts About YC Deal Inflation
The Numbers Don't Lie
- • 2005: $6k for 7% equity (that's $85k valuation)
- • 2022: $500k for 7% equity (that's $7.1M valuation)
- • That's an 8,233% increase in deal size! 🚀
What This Means
- • Your $500k today = $6k in 2005 terms
- • Same 7% equity, 83x more money
- • PG probably didn't see this coming 😅
🦄 Unicorn Inflation Facts
The Unicorn Evolution
- • 2013: $1B = unicorn (Aileen Lee's definition)
- • 2005: $1.4M = unicorn equivalent
- • 2022: $83.3M = unicorn equivalent
- • Unicorns got 60x more expensive! 🦄
The Reality Check
- • A $1B company in 2013 = $83M in 2005 terms
- • Today's unicorns would be "just" $12M in 2005
- • The bar keeps moving higher 📈
- • Maybe we need a new mythical creature? 🐉
Built with ❤️ and way too much time thinking about startup economics
Data sourced from YC's public deal history
