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YC companies founded by ex-Barclays people

29 Y Combinator companies with a founder who worked at Barclays before.

Updated weekly, last on November 9, 2026. Roster from Y Combinator's public directory.

Hiring the mostlast 60 days
15 roles
VertoW19
  1. 2LanceDB9
  2. 3Alaan3
See all 6
Fastest growingteam, 6 months
+57%
PlexeX25
  1. 2LanceDB+35%
  2. 3Agave+29%
See all 8
Shrinkingteam, 12 months
−50%
Affogato AIS21
  1. 2Rinsed−37%
See all 2
Raised the mostlast 12 months
$15M
AgaveW22
See all 1
Companies
29
Active
22
Hiring, last 60 days
6
Open roles, 60 days
32
People on these teams
1,623
Showing 29 of 29 companies
CompanyBatchTeam6 mo12 moOpen rolesTotal raisedLast round
Ai-native finance platform for the Middle East
W23367+25%+79%3$55MSeries A$48M, Aug 2025
The one-stop shop for mom-and-pop stores in Pakistan to buy inventory.
W20262+1%+3%0$18.9MUndisclosed round$17M, Jan 2022
Cross-Border Payments and FX Simplified
W19258−3%+5%15$12.3MGrant$100K, Oct 2024
Operating system for creative agencies
W14Acquired112−7%−4%0$2.3MUndisclosed round$1.7M, Jan 2017
Applied AI for Construction
W22101+29%+46%3$18.4MSeries A$15M, Jul 2026
Grow Your Wealth With Baraka
S2174−3%+1%YC$25.2MSeries A$20M, Nov 2022
Open-source, serverless vectordb for production-scale generative AI
W2266+35%+94%9$41MSeries A$30M, Jun 2025
Software to run car washes moving to a monthly subscription model
W2162−9%−37%1$35MSeries B$20M, Apr 2023
[Acquired by HubSpot in 2026] Autonomous sales platform to auto-email…
S20Acquired52−52%−53%0$21.9MSeries A$6M, Feb 2025
AI agents that run insurance operations
S2322+22%+100%1$4.8MSeed$2.3M, Sep 2025
W2320+25%+33%0SeedJan 2025
Building the NASDAQ for Real Estate.
S1919+6%+6%0$5MUndisclosed round$3M, Feb 2022
Open-source agents to build predictive ML models from a prompt
X2511+57%+57%YC$2.1MSeed$2.1M, Aug 2025
Modern financial infrastructure for the trucking industry.
S2210−9%+25%YCPre-seedAug 2022
Affogato AI, Your Agent for instant TikToks, Reels, and ads.
S2110−9%−50%0SeedJan 2024
API for performance-based payroll
W268+60% 0$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2026
AI Co-Pilot for Chemical Process Optimization
S2480%0%YC$3.6MGrant$1.5M, Mar 2025
Eliminating accrual spreadsheets for faster month-end
W257  YCSeedMar 2025
We help lawyers start and scale AI-native law firms.
S265  0
Training company-specific models that approve AI actions.
S264  0
The Bloomberg Terminal of Sports Betting
W24Inactive4−43%−43%0$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2024
AI-native custom software + data analytics for real economy operations
S253  0$500KYC investment$500K, Sep 2025
Conversational AI surveys with intelligent follow-up questions
W243  0
Digital banking for businesses in Latam.
W20Acquired3  0$27.7MDebt$25M, Jan 2022
AI-native, hardware procurement marketplace
W262  0$500KYC investment$500K, Apr 2026
AI-assisted CX tool built with your knowledge.
S22Inactive1  0$4.3MSeed$3.8M, Sep 2022
Recurring payments solution for businesses in India.
S17Acquired1  0$120KSeed$120K, Dec 2017
Marketplace for private chefs
W22128  YC$2.4MEquity crowdfunding$901K, Dec 2024
An enterprise health benefits platform that rewards employees for…
W16Inactive  0$120KYC investment$120K, Mar 2016

How this works

1. The roster

Every launched company in YC's public directory, with its batch, status, industry and location. New companies show up the week YC lists them.

2. The numbers

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.

3. The lists

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.

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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.

  • Company search for team size, growth and funding
  • Job search with a count by company, for who is hiring and for what
  • A watch that re-runs the search weekly and sends only what changed
# 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

Questions about ex-Barclays founded YC companies

How many ex-Barclays founded YC companies are there?

29 Y Combinator companies have a founder who worked at Barclays; 22 are active.

Which ex-Barclays founded YC companies are hiring?

6 companies posted roles in the last 60 days, led by Verto (15 roles), LanceDB (9 roles) and Alaan (3 roles). 9 mark themselves as hiring on YC's directory.

Which ex-Barclays founded YC companies are growing fastest?

By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): Plexe (+57%), LanceDB (+35%) and Agave (+29%).

Which ex-Barclays founded YC companies raised the most?

Largest latest rounds in the last 12 months, after their YC batch: Agave ($15M).

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