YC companies founded by ex-Groupon people (15)

Showing 15 of 15 companies

Company	Batch	Team	6 mo	12 mo	Open roles	Total raised	Last round
A flexible work app that connects businesses with hourly workers.	S15	2,747	+7%	+16%	2	$148M	Series D$60M, May 2023
Economically and environmentally sustainable supersonic travel	W16	365	+10%	+22%	14	$732M	Undisclosed round$300M, Dec 2025
Shogun empowers brands to create exceptional ecommerce experience.	W18	241	+3%	+6%	0	$115M	Series C$67.5M, Jun 2021
Corporate Card solution for Indian businesses	S21	127	−8%	−9%	0	$38.3M	Debt$7.1M, May 2022
SDK for scanning and verifying credit cards and photo IDs in mobile…	S19Acquired	48	+4%	+12%	0	$150K	YC investment$150K, Aug 2019
Automate data-driven slide decks and documents with AI	W23	31	+11%	+3%	YC	$12.9M	Series A$11M, Oct 2024
USD mobile banking for LatAm's businesses and people	S19Inactive	28		−3%	0
Build and publish web apps in minutes. No coding required.	S23Acquired	23	+15%	+21%	0		SeedJan 2025
AI-native platform for corporate meetings and events	S23	19	+58%	+46%	YC	$2.5M	Seed$2M, Dec 2024
Clinical skincare tested on diverse skin, now available in Sephora.	W21	9			0	$3.1M	Seed$3M, Jul 2023
Where friends watch, play and hang together in digital rooms	S20Inactive	6	−14%	−14%	0	$2.9M	Seed$2.9M, Oct 2020
Celery is a platform for pre-orders (www.trycelery.com). Accept…	S12Inactive	6	0%	0%	0	$2.3M	Seed$2.3M, Jan 2015
Crystallized coffee that's better than fresh Starbucks	W17Inactive	1			0	$5M	Seed$1.7M, Oct 2018
Open-source, design centric software for interacting with blockchains	S19	314			0	$19.5M	Series A$18M, Oct 2021
WorkLife is a SaaS application that helps teams have more effective…	W15Acquired				0	$2.6M	Convertible note$1.7M, Jul 2015

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.

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# 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-Groupon founded YC companies

How many ex-Groupon founded YC companies are there?

15 Y Combinator companies have a founder who worked at Groupon; 8 are active.

Which ex-Groupon founded YC companies are hiring?

2 companies posted roles in the last 60 days, led by Boom (14 roles) and Instawork (2 roles). 3 mark themselves as hiring on YC's directory.

Which ex-Groupon founded YC companies are growing fastest?

By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): Nowadays (+58%), Rollstack (+11%) and Boom (+10%).

Which ex-Groupon founded YC companies raised the most?

Largest latest rounds in the last 12 months, after their YC batch: Boom ($300M).

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