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YC companies founded by ex-HSBC people

21 Y Combinator companies with a founder who worked at HSBC before.

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

Hiring the mostlast 60 days
2 roles
BaubapS21
See all 1
Fastest growingteam, 6 months
+46%
CombineHealthW23
  1. 2Lantern AI+45%
  2. 3Devyce+16%
See all 7
Shrinkingteam, 12 months
−10%
StayQriousW20
  1. 2Baubap−6%
See all 2
Companies
21
Active
15
Hiring, last 60 days
1
Open roles, 60 days
2
People on these teams
696
Showing 21 of 21 companies
CompanyBatchTeam6 mo12 moOpen rolesTotal raisedLast round
Challenger Bank for consumers in French speaking Africa.
W213270%+4%0$49.1MDebt$1.5M, Aug 2026
Smart micro financing for everyone
S2181−9%−6%2$167MDebt$22.9M, Jun 2026
StayQrious helps kids in India learn through online group classes,…
W2055−2%−10%0$2MSeed$2M, Sep 2020
Credit for the emerging economy in Latam
S2240+5%+8%0Pre-seedAug 2022
The global mobile network for business.
S2237+16%+23%0$4.4MSeed$4.2M, Feb 2023
Data platform for mission-critical real-time workloads
S2030+7%+7%YC$14.3MNon-equity support$12M, Apr 2024
Traceable AI for billion-dollar infrastructure.
W2224+4%+20%0$3.8MNon-equity support$234K, Jun 2026
Automating Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management with AI Workforce
W2319+46%+27%0SeedJan 2026
Turn Your Taste Into Hires
F2616+45%+23%0
Grow money and win $1000 every week by saving and playing games
W22Inactive12−8% 0$5MSeed$4M, Jan 2023
Building the operating system for developing world merchants
W1910  0$1.4MPre-seed$1.4M, Mar 2019
Agentic Operating System for Food Supply Chain
S2590%+50%YC$3.8MSeed$3.8M, Sep 2025
Fast and Data-Driven Immigration Platform
W257 −46%YC$3.2MSeed$2.7M, Apr 2025
Compliance guardrails-as-a-service for AI applications
F2470%0%0$500KYC investment$500K, Jan 2026
Deliver genes to any cell with AI
S2370%+17%0$500KYC investment$500K, Sep 2023
AI-native tax platform to save $1T+ for Americans
W23Acquired4−20% 0
Building Gong.io for offline retail.
S21Inactive4 −20%0$275KYC investment$125K, Oct 2021
Digital banking for businesses in Latam.
W20Acquired3  0$27.7MDebt$25M, Jan 2022
We produce & sell stainless steel water bottles that enables people…
W152  0SeedMar 2015
Amazon-level personalization for Shopify merchants
W22Inactive1  0$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2022
Treasury management platform for SMBs to optimize idle cash in Latam
S21Inactive1  0$125KYC investment$125K, Aug 2021

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-HSBC founded YC companies

How many ex-HSBC founded YC companies are there?

21 Y Combinator companies have a founder who worked at HSBC; 15 are active.

Which ex-HSBC founded YC companies are hiring?

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

Which ex-HSBC founded YC companies are growing fastest?

By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): CombineHealth (+46%), Lantern AI (+45%) and Devyce (+16%).

Which ex-HSBC founded YC companies raised the most?

No reported rounds after their YC batch in the last 12 months.

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