{"id":43011,"date":"2013-10-28T17:40:14","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T17:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/?p=43011"},"modified":"2021-05-18T16:36:45","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T15:36:45","slug":"funded-business-of-the-year-finalist-2013-yplan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/funded-business-of-the-year-finalist-2013-yplan\/","title":{"rendered":"Funded Business of the Year Finalist 2013: YPlan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/YPlan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-42955\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/YPlan.jpg\" alt=\"YPlan\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/10\/YPlan.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/10\/YPlan-320x195.jpg 320w, https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/10\/YPlan-200x122.jpg 200w, https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/10\/YPlan-525x320.jpg 525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/YPlan_logotype_red.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-42956 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/YPlan_logotype_red-200x51.png\" alt=\"YPlan_logotype_red\" width=\"200\" height=\"51\"><\/a>YPlan raised $1.7m in 2012 in a seed round, followed by a $12m Series A round led by General Catalyst in June 2013, making it a worthy winner of Funded Business of the Year. 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