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YC companies founded by ex-BlackRock people

23 Y Combinator companies with a founder who worked at BlackRock before.

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

Hiring the mostlast 60 days
6 roles
ChariotS22
  1. 2Pennant2
  2. 3Instrumentl1
See all 3
Fastest growingteam, 6 months
+43%
PasitoS22
  1. 2Third Chair+38%
  2. 3Chariot+22%
See all 6
Shrinkingteam, 12 months
−21%
AI InsuranceW19
  1. 2Landed−5%
See all 2
Raised the mostlast 12 months
$8.5M
River MarketsX26
  1. 2Pasito$50K
See all 2
Companies
23
Active
17
Hiring, last 60 days
3
Open roles, 60 days
9
People on these teams
1,022
Showing 23 of 23 companies
CompanyBatchTeam6 mo12 moOpen rolesTotal raisedLast round
Digital trade finance and B2B commerce company
S15444+5%+16%YC$578MDebt$50M, Oct 2025
Scheduling and payments for experiences
S20Acquired127−3%−9%0SeedAug 2020
Instrumentl automates grant discovery and management for nonprofits.
S16121+6%+9%1$55MPrivate equity$55M, Apr 2025
AI agents for insurance and benefits
S2280+43%+135%YC$24.4MUndisclosed round$50K, Mar 2026
A payment network connecting nonprofits to the $326B in DAFs
S2250+22%+43%6$15MSeries A$11M, Aug 2024
Secure secrets. Prevent breaches. Keep teams moving.
W19Acquired50+9%+19%0$28.8MSeries A$20M, Feb 2023
Generative AI for frontline worker hiring
W1939−2%−5%YC$8.4MSeed$7M, Apr 2022
An AI-powered supply chain compliance engine
W2422+10%+69%YC$3.8MSeed$3.3M, Jun 2024
AI Insurance is the platform that runs insurance companies
W1919−5%−21%0$5MSeed$3.8M, Mar 2022
AI-Native IP Enforcement
X2518+38%+100%YC$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2025
Grow money and win $1000 every week by saving and playing games
W22Inactive12−8% 0$5MSeed$4M, Jan 2023
Highly customizable and blazingly fast analytics for asset managers.
S248  0$3MYC investment$500K, Sep 2024
Smart electric & water meters as a service
S226+20%+20%0$150KGrant$150K, Nov 2022
Prime brokerage for prediction markets
X264  0$9MSeed$8.5M, Jul 2026
Your always-on red team.
S254  YC$500KYC investment$500K, Jan 2026
Speed up customer implementation with AI
W23Acquired4 −33%0$4.7MSeed$4.2M, Nov 2024
Your AI Partner for SAP Development
W233  0
The World Model for Corporate Governance
S262  2
The AI agent harness for payment teams
X262  YC
Let your agent build dashboards and reporting.
X252  0$500KYC investment$500K, Jan 2026
AI-Powered Assistant for Procurement and Strategic Sourcing
S21Acquired2  0$4.3MSeed$4.2M, May 2022
Nanoparticle tracers for reservoir characterization during hydraulic…
S16Inactive2  0$120KYC investment$120K, Aug 2016
Agents that move money, trade stocks, and file taxes.
X261  0$500KYC investment$500K, Jun 2026

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-BlackRock founded YC companies

How many ex-BlackRock founded YC companies are there?

23 Y Combinator companies have a founder who worked at BlackRock; 17 are active.

Which ex-BlackRock founded YC companies are hiring?

3 companies posted roles in the last 60 days, led by Chariot (6 roles), Pennant (2 roles) and Instrumentl (1 roles). 10 mark themselves as hiring on YC's directory.

Which ex-BlackRock founded YC companies are growing fastest?

By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): Pasito (+43%), Third Chair (+38%) and Chariot (+22%).

Which ex-BlackRock founded YC companies raised the most?

Largest latest rounds in the last 12 months, after their YC batch: River Markets ($8.5M) and Pasito ($50K).

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