YC companies funded in 2016

Y Combinator funded 224 companies in 2016 across 2 batches. 101 are still active, 46 have been acquired, 2 went public, and 75 shut down.

Year
2016
Companies
224
Batches
2
Active
101
Acquired
46
Public
2
Inactive
75

Batches in 2016

All 2016 YC companies by team size

  • Rappi (Winter 2016 · 4800 people)On-demand delivery and financial services for Latin America.
  • Relativity Space (Winter 2016 · 2500 people)Building humanity’s multiplanetary future.
  • Meesho (Summer 2016 · 1450 people)Democratizing internet commerce for everyone in India
  • Podium (Winter 2016 · 1000 people)Get more leads. Make more money.
  • Athelas (Summer 2016 · 1000 people)Extensible, Integrated Technology that Simplifies Health Systems
  • Superside (Winter 2016 · 850 people)AI-First Creative Partner for Enterprise Teams
  • Apollo.io (Winter 2016 · 800 people)Apollo is the foundation of your entire go-to-market strategy.
  • The Athletic (Summer 2016 · 600 people)Subscription sports media.
  • Lattice (Winter 2016 · 540 people)Modern people management platform.
  • Astranis (Winter 2016 · 500 people)Advanced satellites for high orbits.
  • Bird (Summer 2016 · 500 people)The world’s largest omnichannel communications platform
  • Flutterwave (Summer 2016 · 500 people)Helping businesses make and accept payments from anywhere in Africa.
  • Scale AI (Summer 2016 · 500 people)Data-centric infrastructure to accelerate the development of AI
  • Tovala (Winter 2016 · 375 people)A smart-oven-paired subscription meal service.
  • People.ai (Summer 2016 · 300 people)Harnesses business activity to unlock growth.
  • Sendbird (Winter 2016 · 300 people)The AI agent that doesn’t just support, it delights.
  • Embark Trucks (Winter 2016 · 300 people)Self-driving semi trucks.
  • Opentrons (Winter 2016 · 300 people)We make robots for biologists.
  • Function of Beauty (Winter 2016 · 300 people)Customizable beauty for hair, skin, and body care products.
  • NURX (Winter 2016 · 300 people)Medicine or testing kit, prescribed online and delivered to your door.
  • CareRev (Summer 2016 · 275 people)Seamlessly connecting healthcare facilities and professionals through…
  • Luciq (formerly Instabug) (Winter 2016 · 250 people)Agentic Observability Platform for Mobile
  • Gecko Robotics (Winter 2016 · 230 people)AI + Robotics for the Built World
  • Boom (Winter 2016 · 227 people)Economically and environmentally sustainable supersonic travel
  • Truebill (Winter 2016 · 225 people)Live your best financial life
  • garten (Summer 2016 · 201 people)Creating workplace wellbeing.
  • Drivezy (Summer 2016 · 201 people)India's largest vehicle sharing platform, turning people's vehicles…
  • GetAccept (Winter 2016 · 200 people)Close deals faster. Digitally.
  • Quero Education (Summer 2016 · 200 people)Quero is an online marketplace for college programs in Brazil. It…
  • Salt Security (Winter 2016 · 200 people)Protects organizations from getting breached through their APIs.
  • HiOperator (Summer 2016 · 200 people)Customer support as a service.
  • Focal Systems (Winter 2016 · 170 people)Building the Operating System for B&M Retail using Deep Learning
  • Rose Rocket (Summer 2016 · 165 people)Rose Rocket is ERP software for trucking companies.
  • Squire Technologies (Summer 2016 · 150 people)Platform to grow your barbershop and maximize profitability.
  • Daily (Winter 2016 · 126 people)Conversational Voice and Multimodal AI built with Open Source
  • Yoshi Mobility (Summer 2016 · 125 people)Making car ownership and management frictionless.
  • Deepgram (Winter 2016 · 115 people)Building foundational AI for speech transcription and understanding.
  • Paystack (Winter 2016 · 115 people)Modern payments infrastructure for Africa
  • GitPrime (Winter 2016 · 110 people)Visibility and analytics for software development leaders.
  • Validere (Summer 2016 · 110 people)A carbon MRV solution for energy and hard-to-abate sectors
  • Outschool (Winter 2016 · 107 people)A live online learning platform that empowers kids ages 3–18.
  • WorkRamp (Summer 2016 · 106 people)The All-in-One Learning Platform
  • Joy (Summer 2016 · 100 people)The platform for all your life events.
  • Nova Credit (Summer 2016 · 100 people)Bridging a world of consumer-permissioned credit data
  • Miso (Summer 2016 · 100 people)We make booking services as easy as buying products online.
  • Innov8 (Summer 2016 · 100 people)We provide co-working offices to startups, freelancers and SMEs in…
  • Mux (Winter 2016 · 95 people)Video infrastructure for developers
  • Bus.com (Winter 2016 · 90 people)The easiest way to charter a bus in North America.
  • Vetcove (Summer 2016 · 83 people)Powering the animal health supply chain.
  • Inevitable Tech (Winter 2016 · 80 people)To make food a renewable resource, for everyone
  • Kisan Network (Winter 2016 · 75 people)Tech enabled and fully integrated PAN India agri produce supply chain
  • Raptor Maps (Summer 2016 · 75 people)Raptor Maps builds software to manage the solar PV lifecycle.
  • Mason (Winter 2016 · 65 people)Mason is the fastest way to take smart devices from idea to end user
  • FightCamp (Winter 2016 · 64 people)Home boxing gym with motion trackers that compute punches and reps.
  • Instrumentl (Summer 2016 · 60 people)Instrumentl automates grant discovery and management for nonprofits.
  • Burrow (Summer 2016 · 60 people)A design brand creating innovative, award winning furniture.
  • Lygos (Winter 2016 · 55 people)Lygos engineers yeast to convert sugar into high-value industrial…
  • Ready Education (Summer 2016 · 54 people)Ready Education is building the mobile OS for higher education. We…
  • Chatfuel (Winter 2016 · 53 people)Platform to easily create chatbots to engage with audiences on…
  • Petcube (Winter 2016 · 51 people)Petcube is on the mission to improve lives of pets and pet owners…
  • New Incentives (Summer 2016 · 51 people)Cash transfers that save lives.
  • Cover (Winter 2016 · 50 people)The mobile-first insurance platform that makes insurance easy.
  • SOUNDBOKS (Winter 2016 · 50 people)We're creating the loudest battery-driven speaker on the market
  • Xberts (Summer 2016 · 50 people)Xberts.com is a community-based marketplace for global hardware…
  • GoGoGrandparent (Summer 2016 · 50 people)A concierge service for seniors’ rides, meals, meds, home and more.
  • Livement (Summer 2016 · 45 people)Livement makes selling tickets for events easy and safe for organizers
  • Thunkable (Winter 2016 · 40 people)Thunkable is the no-code platform to build powerful native mobile apps
  • Lynks (Winter 2016 · 40 people)Lynks is an e-commerce company that makes high demand products…
  • Legalist (Summer 2016 · 40 people)Legal investment firm
  • Expo (Summer 2016 · 40 people)Expo brings together the best of web and native app development
  • Seerslab (Summer 2016 · 39 people)We are providing AR technologies and contents to app developers
  • Multiply Labs (Summer 2016 · 36 people)Robotic production capacity for the pharma manufacturing industry
  • MineralSoft (Winter 2016 · 35 people)Data management platform for oil & gas assets
  • Kenota (formerly ExVivo Labs) (Summer 2016 · 35 people)Kenota is revolutionizing the way we test for disease
  • Stilt (Winter 2016 · 35 people)Financial products for immigrants (acquired by JG Wentworth)
  • OneChronos (Summer 2016 · 35 people)The Smart Market for Institutional Investors
  • CrowdAI (Summer 2016 · 32 people)CrowdAI is the world's leading no-code platform for vision AI
  • GoLorry (Winter 2016 · 30 people)Mobile marketplace for inter-city trucking in India
  • PocketSuite (Winter 2016 · 30 people)All-In-One Business Operating System by PocketSuite
  • Qvin (Winter 2016 · 30 people)Empowering women. Period.
  • Shield Bio (Summer 2016 · 28 people)Bringing 3rd generation, nanopore sequencing to healthcare to solve…
  • The Flex Company (Summer 2016 · 28 people)Sustainable period care.
  • AlphaFlow (Winter 2016 · 26 people)AlphaFlow is a technology-driven investment manager.
  • Unima (Winter 2016 · 26 people)Fast and low-cost diagnostics for real time disease surveillance
  • Plato (Winter 2016 · 26 people)Plato is the mentorship platform for engineering leaders
  • Bonsai (Winter 2016 · 25 people)The all-in-one solution for small businesses and self-employed.
  • flexEngage (Winter 2016 · 25 people)Dynamic transactional communications for physical stores to help…
  • Women Who Code (Summer 2016 · 25 people)WWCode is a non profit that empowering diverse women to excel in tech.
  • Elemeno Health (Summer 2016 · 25 people)Just-in-time training and communication for frontline healthcare teams
  • SimpleCitizen (Summer 2016 · 23 people)From signup to citizenship, only SimpleCitizen guides applicants…
  • Saleswhale (Summer 2016 · 23 people)Saleswhale is an automated sales assistant that follows up with your…
  • Revl (Winter 2016 · 22 people)AI edited video souvenirs as a service
  • Circa (Summer 2016 · 21 people)Event marketing CRM
  • Copia (Winter 2016 · 20 people)Copia's a for-profit technology company that solves food waste &…
  • Castle (Winter 2016 · 20 people)Block bots & bad behavior
  • Mosaix.ai (Summer 2016 · 20 people)Mosaix builds the NLP for the local languages at the emerging markets.
  • WorldCover (Winter 2016 · 20 people)Funding platform for global insurance, starting with crop insurance…
  • Proxy (Summer 2016 · 20 people)Smart ring digital wallet
  • MagicBus (Winter 2016 · 18 people)We make vanpool simple.
  • MailTime (Winter 2016 · 18 people)Emails as quick and easy as text messaging.
  • Modal (Winter 2016 · 18 people)digital commerce for the world’s largest auto retailers and brands.
  • SmartPath (Summer 2016 · 16 people)Financial wellness for the middle class
  • Pulpix (Winter 2016 · 15 people)Binge-watching technology for video platforms.
  • Caper (Winter 2016 · 15 people)Plug-and-play cashier-less retail powered by computer vision and AI
  • Georgette Packaging (Winter 2016 · 15 people)Carbon neutral packaging for ambitious businesses.
  • Pathmind (Winter 2016 · 15 people)Pathmind helps industrial engineers and simulation modelers achieve…
  • Hingeto (Winter 2016 · 15 people)A B2B marketplace that connects inventory to online stores
  • Curtsy (Summer 2016 · 15 people)Curtsy is a sustainable clothing resale app.
  • Upgraded (Summer 2016 · 13 people)Upgraded helps retailers and carriers sell devices on subscription.
  • Mio (Winter 2016 · 12 people)Mio powers seamless communication between workplace chat apps.
  • Gigwell (Winter 2016 · 12 people)Building the Operating System for the Concert & Live Events Industry.
  • mRelief (Winter 2016 · 12 people)mRelief has built an easy-to-use platform and web and text messaging…
  • NetBeez (Winter 2016 · 12 people)Network monitoring from the end-user perspective
  • Abundance Labs (Summer 2016 · 12 people)Abundance Labs incubates and builds alternative currency marketplace…
  • Symple (Summer 2016 · 11 people)Last mile logistics for delivery & service teams. We bring real-time…
  • Coub (Summer 2016 · 11 people)Coub is YouTube for video loops. You can take any video from YouTube,…
  • Seneca Systems (Summer 2016 · 11 people)Constituent system-of-record and service request management software…
  • Starsky Robotics (Summer 2016 · 11 people)Driverless Trucks, for real.
  • Jumpcut (Summer 2016 · 11 people)Helping creators go viral and build businesses.
  • Compgun (Winter 2016 · 11 people)Sales commission software that grows revenue.
  • VINEBOX (Usual Beverage Co.) (Winter 2016 · 11 people)Wine by the glass, delivered
  • Able Health (Winter 2016 · 11 people)Able Health gets doctors paid more for higher quality care
  • Deako (Winter 2016 · 11 people)We make beautiful connected light switches that allow you to control…
  • Goodybag (Winter 2016 · 11 people)An online tool for companies to order food from restaurants and…
  • Open Motors (Winter 2016 · 11 people)Open Motors (formerly OSVehicle) is a B2B company that is developing…
  • Castle (Winter 2016 · 11 people)Castle manages rental homes using automation and on-demand labor.
  • Elucify (Winter 2016 · 11 people)Elucify is an API that plugs into your CRM which automatically cleans…
  • Nova (Winter 2016 · 11 people)Nova puts the power of AI to work for you, enabling a more continuous…
  • Zenysis (Winter 2016 · 11 people)Building powerful data analysis software for developing countries.
  • Sixa (Summer 2016 · 11 people)Personal computer in the cloud
  • RocketLit (Summer 2016 · 11 people)RocketLit is an adaptive learning and assessment platform.
  • Looklive (Summer 2016 · 11 people)Looklive is a community and marketplace for fashion. Users browse…
  • Techmate (Summer 2016 · 11 people)A technology concierge for your home. We provide on-demand support…
  • Robby Technologies (Summer 2016 · 11 people)We are building a fleet of autonomous mobile robots that travel on…
  • Farmstead (Summer 2016 · 10 people)An AI-powered digital grocer that delivers in under 60 mins.
  • Clip Health (Summer 2016 · 10 people)Testing & treatment at home, in minutes, for chronic & acute disease
  • NuCypher (aka Threshold Network) (Summer 2016 · 10 people)Network for decentralized threshold cryptography and end-to-end…
  • LendEDU (Winter 2016 · 10 people)LendEDU is a marketplace for consumer financial products.
  • Wakie (Winter 2016 · 10 people)A social app for phone calls. Express yourself and make real friends.
  • iSono Health (Winter 2016 · 9 people)AI-powered platform for Accessible and Personalized Breast Health…
  • Bulldozair (Summer 2016 · 8 people)Construction management platform
  • Carbic (Winter 2016 · 8 people)using ultrasonics + ml to analyze fluid behavior at infrastructure…
  • Loop Genomics (Winter 2016 · 7 people)Novel long-read DNA sequencing technology
  • Airfordable (Summer 2016 · 7 people)Buy flights for only a fraction upfront and pay off the rest in…
  • DevColor (Winter 2016 · 7 people)We give Black software engineers support they need to advance in tech.
  • Suiteness (Summer 2016 · 7 people)Book guaranteed connecting rooms and suites at hotels
  • Emote (Summer 2016 · 6 people)Catch student behavior problems before they start.
  • UtilityScore (formerly Pando) (Summer 2016 · 6 people)API that estimates utility costs for 100M+ homes.
  • Pave (Winter 2016 · 6 people)Pave analyzes Google Analytics + marketing data and sends you reports…
  • Quilt Data (Winter 2016 · 6 people)Quilt manages data like code so that companies can experiment faster
  • Ubiq (Summer 2016 · 6 people)Screen-sharing for enterprise conference rooms
  • Vidcode (Summer 2016 · 5 people)Coding for teens
  • Stealth Worker (Winter 2016 · 5 people)Information Security (Cyber Security), Compliance and Privacy (GDPR &…
  • InnoVein (Winter 2016 · 5 people)We cure intractable leg wounds with a replacement valve for veins.
  • Index (Winter 2016 · 5 people)Mapping the world's professional relationships.
  • SkyLights (Summer 2016 · 5 people)Premium immersive cinematic VR entertainment for captive audiences
  • Algoriz (Winter 2016 · 4 people)Algoriz is an AI based algorithmic trading platform that enables you…
  • Meter Feeder (Winter 2016 · 4 people)Helping fleets find and pay parking tickets
  • Monthli (Winter 2016 · 4 people)Monthli is the first marketplace for homeowner associations. We…
  • UroDev Medical (Winter 2016 · 4 people)Devices to improve the quality of life for people with Spinal Cord…
  • Synvivia (Summer 2016 · 4 people)Synvivia applies chemical control over cell behavior
  • Netomi (Winter 2016 · 3 people)Self-Driving Customer Care
  • Chillabit (Winter 2016 · 3 people)Chillabit is the best way to procrastinate! It’s a live feed of funny…
  • NeoWize (Summer 2016 · 3 people)NeoWize created a new type of machine learning algorithm and uses it…
  • DoseDr (Winter 2016 · 2 people)Helping diabetes patients use the correct amount of insulin,…
  • Restocks (Winter 2016 · 2 people)Buy sneakers and streetwear here
  • Scanate/Fellow (Summer 2016 · 2 people)API for Invoice Financing
  • ConstructVR (Winter 2016 · 2 people)The simplest way to test, manage, and deploy VR/AR apps at scale.
  • Haywheel (Summer 2016 · 2 people)Haywheel is an artisan food marketplace for restaurants and specialty…
  • Anchor Health (Winter 2016 · 2 people)Modernizing home health care agencies with software, hardware, and…
  • HistoWiz (Winter 2016 · 2 people)Accelerating Histopathology for Cancer Research
  • Landed (Winter 2016 · 2 people)White-labeled shared appreciation down payment programs for employers
  • SmartSite (Summer 2016 · 2 people)Smartsite is a hardware device to protect workers from health risks…
  • Airo Health (Summer 2016 · 2 people)Airo is an AI to passively track and manage your mental health.
  • Polymail (Summer 2016 · 2 people)Email productivity platform for business.
  • Reebeez (Summer 2016 · 2 people)Reebeez creates powerful microengines for UAVs. With a 2hr + flight…
  • Opsolutely (Summer 2016 · 2 people)Automated deployments for software teams.
  • Metapacket (Summer 2016 · 2 people)Metapacket is the first selective web gateway that stops malware by…
  • Fabric (Summer 2016 · 2 people)Fabric is a personal location-based journal that catalogs experiences…
  • RunKit (Summer 2016 · 2 people)
  • Magic Instruments (Winter 2016 · 2 people)Magic Instruments makes a high-tech guitar that is easier and more…
  • Toymail (Winter 2016 · 2 people)Connected toys that enable two-way voice messaging between children…
  • Enflux (Winter 2016 · 2 people)Motion capture clothing for injury prevention
  • Luminist Labs (Winter 2016 · 2 people)Diagnostic platform for early detection of liver disease
  • Start Closing (Winter 2016 · 2 people)Start Closing is changing the way homeowners and contractors interact…
  • Patchwork Security (Winter 2016 · 2 people)Security patch notifications for servers. Build it, deploy it, and…
  • Interstate Analytics (Winter 2016 · 2 people)Multi-Touch Marketing Analytics
  • Poppy (Winter 2016 · 2 people)Poppy makes it easy for parents to find high quality childcare with…
  • Real Artists (Winter 2016 · 2 people)We make a fast and native issue tracker for software projects.
  • TRAC (Winter 2016 · 2 people)An end to end timing solution for any scale athletic event.
  • Envyl (Winter 2016 · 2 people)Envyl enables a fast, reliable and cost effective peer to peer…
  • StrongIntro (Winter 2016 · 2 people)StrongIntro helps recruiters turn their entire company into a source…
  • Streamup (Winter 2016 · 2 people)Streamup is a live streaming community for music. We make it fun and…
  • PhysioHealth (Winter 2016 · 2 people)An enterprise health benefits platform that rewards employees for…
  • Kip Health (Winter 2016 · 2 people)Therapy the way it should be: high quality in-person therapy sessions…
  • Selfycart (Summer 2016 · 2 people)Selfycart - let's grocery shoppers scan items and checkout on their…
  • PatientBank (Summer 2016 · 2 people)Get medical records online—from any doctor or hospital.
  • Hellobill (Summer 2016 · 2 people)Hellobill aggregates all your business bills, automatically, every…
  • RigPlenish (Summer 2016 · 2 people)On average each Ambulance run is two hours long, 40 minutes is spent…
  • Whyd (Summer 2016 · 2 people)We make a beautiful, great sounding, voice-controlled speaker.

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