The 42 YC W22 companies whose team shrank the most in the last 12 months (active companies that had 20+ people a year ago).
Updated weekly, last on November 9, 2026. Roster from Y Combinator's public directory.
| # | Company | Team | 6 mo | 12 mo | Open roles | Total raised | Last round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The real-time retrieval engine for search, feeds, and agents. | 11 | −54% | −59% | 0 | $10M | Series A$8M, Jul 2024 |
| 2 | AI Lead Generator | 17 | −19% | −43% | 0 | ||
| 3 | Turn intuition into insights, in minutes | 14 | −44% | −39% | YC | $3.9M | Seed$3.9M, Aug 2024 |
| 4 | Rippling for Southeast Asia | 13 | −7% | −35% | 0 | Non-equity supportMar 2024 | |
| 5 | Brex for small businesses in Indonesia | 64 | −12% | −34% | 0 | SeedMar 2022 | |
| 6 | AI-powered content creation infrastructure for apps | 20 | −5% | −33% | 0 | SeedMay 2022 | |
| 7 | Simplified Banking as a Service for Latam | 15 | −17% | −29% | 0 | $4M | Seed$250K, Oct 2024 |
| 8 | Data analytics software for biomanufacturing. | 38 | −12% | −24% | YC | $20.6M | Seed$20.1M, Jul 2024 |
| 9 | AI-powered Analytics Platform | 36 | −8% | −23% | YC | $12.1M | Seed$4M, Jan 2025 |
| 10 | Modern medical reference app for healthcare providers | 24 | −23% | −23% | 0 | $500K | YC investment$500K, Mar 2022 |
| 11 | Vendy is a marketplace on WhatsApp | 18 | −14% | −22% | 0 | $1.2M | Pre-seed$1.2M, Mar 2022 |
| 12 | We help online sellers manage a sales business on multiple platforms. | 39 | −11% | −19% | 0 | $100K | YC investment$100K, Mar 2022 |
| 13 | AI based Customizable Subscription & Revenue Management Platform | 39 | −11% | −19% | 0 | $500K | YC investment$500K, Mar 2022 |
| 14 | Flexport for African Merchants - Building the OS for Global Logistics | 18 | −18% | YC | $3.5M | Seed$3M, May 2022 | |
| 15 | Prevent Fraud and Onboard Users Faster | 23 | −12% | −18% | 0 | $510K | Non-equity support$500K, Feb 2024 |
| 16 | Mahaana is first & only licensed digital wealth manager in Pakistan | 25 | 0% | −17% | 0 | $2.1M | Pre-seed$2.1M, Aug 2022 |
| 17 | We help underbanked workers get paid before payday | 42 | −12% | −16% | YC | $19.5M | Series A$12M, Jul 2023 |
| 18 | AI powered personal finance app for Indonesia | 33 | −15% | YC | $2.8M | Seed$2.8M, May 2022 | |
| 19 | AI-Powered Infrastructure for Insurance & Healthcare | 58 | −15% | −15% | YC | $4.1M | Seed$3M, Aug 2025 |
| 20 | We teach UX/UI design and then help people get great jobs. | 31 | −3% | −14% | 0 | SeedApr 2022 | |
| 21 | Bringing non-invasive brain stimulation from the hospital to the home | 25 | −14% | 0 | $1M | YC investment$500K, Jan 2022 | |
| 22 | Financial health focused micro-lender in Mexico | 25 | +4% | −14% | YC | ||
| 23 | Indonesia's #1 ATS & Job Portal to match top talents & companies | 838 | −8% | −13% | 0 | Pre-seedMar 2022 | |
| 24 | After School & Enrichment Activities Marketplace | 76 | −7% | −12% | 39 | $790K | Seed$500K, May 2025 |
| 25 | Access the start-up asset class with vetted private companies | 23 | −15% | −12% | YC | Undisclosed roundMar 2022 | |
| 26 | Affirm for LATAM | 23 | −4% | −12% | 0 | $6M | Seed$6M, Jan 2022 |
| 27 | Access control management app for Latam´s gated communities | 32 | −16% | −11% | 0 | $1.4M | Seed$665K, Feb 2022 |
| 28 | B2B E-commerce & Fintech platform for Pharmacies & Hospitals in Africa | 224 | −3% | −10% | 0 | $17.4M | Series A$8M, Jul 2023 |
| 29 | One-stop-shop for Real Estate Solutions. | 29 | −6% | −9% | 0 | ||
| 30 | Faire for Indonesia | 22 | −4% | −8% | 0 | $10.1M | Series A$8.1M, Apr 2022 |
| 31 | Helping travel companies to sell transportation online | 23 | 0% | −8% | YC | $730K | YC investment$125K, Mar 2022 |
| 32 | Carbon capture equipment for ships | 25 | −4% | −7% | 0 | $7M | Grant$1.5M, Aug 2025 |
| 33 | Doordash for Africa | 40 | +5% | −7% | 0 | $500K | YC investment$500K, Jan 2022 |
| 34 | A multi-asset trading platform dedicated to retail investors | 44 | −6% | −6% | 0 | $6.6M | Seed$4.8M, Jun 2022 |
| 35 | Subscription consumer electronics for Asia | 23 | −4% | −4% | 0 | $35.9M | Debt$20M, Jan 2025 |
| 36 | LLM for Legal in Brazil | 27 | +8% | −4% | 0 | $4.3M | Non-equity support$3.2M, Sep 2024 |
| 37 | Knowledge base for corporate affairs teams | 148 | −1% | −3% | 0 | SeedMar 2022 | |
| 38 | 'Office' Suite for Mobile-first Businesses in India | 33 | −3% | −3% | 0 | $1.1M | YC investment$500K, Feb 2022 |
| 39 | Toast for Southeast Asia | 44 | −2% | 0 | $4.5M | Non-equity support$1.3M, Jul 2023 | |
| 40 | Automated sweep account, invest without the stress of speculating | 58 | −2% | −2% | 0 | $2.2M | Equity crowdfunding$699K, Jul 2023 |
| 41 | First electric business aircraft designed for hydrogen propulsion | 91 | −6% | −1% | 0 | $20M | Series A$20M, Oct 2024 |
| 42 | Smart Cold Chain Fulfillment Platform | 190 | +2% | −1% | 0 | $8.7M | Seed$4.2M, Apr 2023 |
Every launched company in YC's public directory, with its batch, status, industry and location. New companies show up the week YC lists them.
Each company is matched to Crustdata by its website. Crustdata adds team size and its change over 6 and 12 months, open roles from job postings, reported funding, and founders' past employers.
Hiring the most counts distinct roles posted in the last 60 days. Growth needs 10+ people today, shrinking 20+ a year ago, so tiny teams do not top the lists. Rebuilt every week.
The numbers on this page come from three Crustdata API calls. Crustdata tags 5,000+ companies with Y Combinator as an investor; swap the filter for any investor, industry or headcount range and track your own list, with founders' work emails one call away.
# 1. every company with Y Combinator as an investor curl https://api.crustdata.com/company/search \ -H "authorization: Bearer $CRUSTDATA_API_KEY" \ -H "x-api-version: 2025-11-01" \ -d '{ "filters": { "field": "funding.investors", "type": "in", "value": ["Y Combinator"] }, "fields": ["basic_info.name", "headcount.total", "headcount.growth_percent", "funding.total_investment_usd"], "limit": 100 }' # 2. open listings per company, last 60 days (limit 0 = counts only) curl https://api.crustdata.com/job/search \ -H "authorization: Bearer $CRUSTDATA_API_KEY" \ -H "x-api-version: 2025-11-01" \ -d '{ "filters": { "op": "and", "conditions": [ { "field": "company.basic_info.company_id", "type": "in", "value": [...] }, { "field": "metadata.date_added", "type": "=>", "value": "2026-08-24" } ]}, "limit": 0, "aggregations": [{ "type": "group_by", "field": "company.basic_info.company_id", "agg": "count" }] }' # 3. the same company filter as a weekly watch: POST /watch/company/search
398 companies were in Y Combinator's Winter 2022 batch (W22); 306 are active.
38 companies posted roles in the last 60 days, led by HOKALI (39 roles), Sieve (12 roles) and Mintlify (12 roles). 83 mark themselves as hiring on YC's directory.
By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): Broccoli AI (+254%), Happl (+64%) and Postal (+55%).
Largest latest rounds in the last 12 months, after their YC batch: Hubble Network ($200M), Humand ($77.5M) and PermitFlow ($54M).