High Stakes

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Paige Soya

20 November 2025

47m 47s

What VCs and Angel Investors are seeing from Y-Combinator in 2025

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In this episode of High Stakes, K Street Capital Managing Partner, Paige Soya, sits down with Gabriel Jarrosson, Managing Partner at Lobster Capital, to unpack how Y Combinator’s internal tool “Bookface” is reshaping investor-founder relationships in 2025.

YC’s Bookface allows founders to rate their experiences with investors — creating a private reputation system that influences who founders choose to work with in the future. The result? A new era where investor behavior, transparency, and credibility matter just as much as capital.

💡 In this episode:

  • How YC’s Bookface works behind the scenes
  • What investor ratings mean for fundraising strategy
  • Why reputation has become a competitive advantage for VCs and angels
  • How this shift is redefining accountability in venture capital

Watch now to learn how your reputation has become your strategy in the evolving world of startup investing.