{"slug": "adding-canada-back-to-our-list-of-accepted-countries-of-incorporation", "title": "Adding Canada Back to Our List of Accepted Countries of Incorporation", "summary": "YC has announced that it will again accept corporations incorporated in Canada, along with the US, Cayman Islands, and Singapore, for investment. The decision to previously remove Canada was based on the observation that top-performing Canadian companies often reincorporated in the US for easier access to investor capital at Demo Day. YC emphasizes that it continues to support Canadian founders and startups, citing its large Canadian alumni network and co-founder Trevor Blackwell as examples.", "body_md": "Going forward, YC will once again invest in US, Canada, Cayman, and Singapore corporations.\nWe 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.\nIf you’re a Canadian founder, we welcome you to apply to YC.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/adding-canada-back-to-our-list-of-accepted-countries-of-incorporation", "canonical_source": "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/adding-canada-back/", "published_at": "2026-02-05 17:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-22 08:53:33.906400+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["startups", "venture-capital"], "entities": ["YC", "Canada", "Trevor Blackwell"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/adding-canada-back-to-our-list-of-accepted-countries-of-incorporation", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/adding-canada-back-to-our-list-of-accepted-countries-of-incorporation.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/adding-canada-back-to-our-list-of-accepted-countries-of-incorporation.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/adding-canada-back-to-our-list-of-accepted-countries-of-incorporation.jsonld"}}