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Creative Market

YC Winter 2010 Acquired

Marketplace for graphic design assets

https://creativemarket.com ↗
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Darius "Bubs" Monsef
Founder/CEO, CallingRound.com Past: Founder/CEO BraveCare.com (S19), CreativeMarket.com (W10) & COLOURlovers.com
11.2
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Aaron Epstein
General Partner at Y Combinator. Previously co-founder at Creative Market.
11.2
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Chris Williams
11.2
low confidence

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Y Combinator Y Combinator · in batch signal ▸

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