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SharpestMinds went through Y Combinator in Winter 2018: Peer-to-peer mentorships through income-share agreements.. YC's directory lists it as Inactive.

SharpestMinds went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2018 batch and describes itself as: Peer-to-peer mentorships through income-share agreements. As of November 10, 2026, Y Combinator's directory lists it as Inactive, a change from Acquired first seen on November 4, 2026 (Y Combinator directory entry, read November 4, 2026).

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Key facts

SharpestMinds went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2018 batch, describing itself as Peer-to-peer mentorships through income-share agreements. Y Combinator's company directory lists it as Inactive. The directory does not say why a company stopped, and this page does not guess.

Batch
Winter 2018
What they did
Peer-to-peer mentorships through income-share agreements.
Industry
B2B
Team size
4
Based
Toronto, ON, Canada; Remote
Status
Inactive, as listed by Y Combinator
Status changed
Acquired to Inactive, seen 2026-11-04

Its batch

Winter 2018 had 146 companies in YC's listing: 77 Active, 29 Acquired, 1 Public and 39 Inactive, so SharpestMinds is one of 39 companies from that batch listed as Inactive (27%). Across YC batches at least two years old, 23% of companies are listed Inactive.

Statuses are Y Combinator's own listing in its public company directory, read on the date shown. YC's directory can drop companies altogether, so the Inactive counts here are a floor, not a full count of companies that stopped. Acquired and Public are as YC lists them; neither says anything about the price or the outcome for founders.

The record: SharpestMinds in the Y Combinator directory. Measured 2026-11-10 from Y Combinator's company directory.

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Last updated 2026-11-10
Primary record: Y Combinator directory entry
SharpestMinds (YC Winter 2018): listed inactive by Y Combinator. MentionFox, 2026-11-10. https://mentionfox.com/funding/yc-sharpestminds