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Y Combinator Excludes Canada From Investment Eligibility
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Y Combinator revised its standard deal terms in late November 2025 to remove Canada from permitted investment jurisdictions, limiting investments to corporations based in the United States, the Cayman Islands, or Singapore. The change requires startups incorporated elsewhere to re-incorporate or 'flip' their parent company to one of those three countries to participate. The shift could drive more Canadian founders to change legal domiciles for accelerator access.
