In an announcement that rocked both the startup and venture capital world alike, Russian capitalist Yuri Milner of Digital Sky Technologies has announced that he will back every willing Ycombinator startup with 150 000 USD.
There are allready multiple articles discussing the repercussions of the event.
We here in Scandinavia are still working on even getting a ycombinator like structure off the ground.
Links
http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/28/yuri-milner-sv-angel-offer-every-new-y-...