&gt; $120k for 7% in a company!? Is that really a favorable term to startups? There&#x27;s no way I would ever, EVER sell 7% of my company for a such a small sum. Who would sell out their passion for such a pittance?<p>YC is typically funding a company in their seed round. At this stage the company doesn&#x27;t have a real valuation and could honestly be worth zero. Valuing a company at $1.7 million at this stage seems pretty good to me.<p>Now companies coming into YC much later when they already have a specific valuation? May or may not be worth it, it depends on where the company is.