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Age-Normalized Testosterone Peaks at Series B for Male Startup Founders

Medicine and Health

Age-Normalized Testosterone Peaks at Series B for Male Startup Founders

J. Moradian, M. Dubrovsky, et al.

A study of 107 male Y Combinator founders found age-normalized testosterone rose 55.7% from pre-seed to seed, peaked at Series B (99.6% higher than pre-seed), then dropped 42.2% post-Series B with cortisol spikes — supporting the dual-hormone hypothesis or suggesting high-testosterone founders raise larger rounds. This research was conducted by Jordan Moradian, Michael Dubrovsky, Megha Sama, Pavel Korecky, Sidarth Kulkarni, Yaniv Goder, and Diedrik Vermeulen.... show more
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