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YC companies founded by ex-Lehman Brothers people

12 Y Combinator companies with a founder who worked at Lehman Brothers before.

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

Hiring the mostlast 60 days
46 roles
AlpacaW19
  1. 2GOAT Group25
  2. 3CaptivateIQ2
See all 4
Fastest growingteam, 6 months
+24%
MagicBusW16
  1. 2Alpaca+20%
  2. 3CaptivateIQ+6%
See all 5
Shrinkingteam, 12 months
−6%
GOAT GroupW11
See all 1
Companies
12
Active
8
Hiring, last 60 days
4
Open roles, 60 days
74
People on these teams
2,801
Showing 12 of 12 companies
CompanyBatchTeam6 mo12 moOpen rolesTotal raisedLast round
Platform for the greatest products from the past, present and future.
W11926−5%−6%25$493MUndisclosed round$195M, Apr 2022
AI-powered contract management
S15868+3%+15%1$334MSeries E$150M, Jan 2022
API-first stock and crypto brokerage platform
W19525+20%+47%46$764MDebt$135M, Jul 2026
Agile commission software to design, deploy & adapt commission plans.
W18284+6%+12%2$165MSeries C$100M, Jan 2022
Crypto-currency trading platform.
S1495+3%+3%0$23.1MSeries B$23M, Mar 2025
We make vanpool simple.
W1636+24%+38%0Series ANov 2019
Jenfi provides revenue-based financing for digital businesses in Asia
W2031  0$43.7MDebt$2.5M, Aug 2026
Build Backends. Fast.
S20Inactive21−5%−25%0$6MSeed$6M, Oct 2025
AI to curate your baby photos
W1890%0%0$1.1MSeed$1M, Apr 2018
A tech-enabled commercial mortgage broker. hypcloud allows property…
S18Acquired4 −20%0$2.8MSeed$2.7M, Jun 2019
Safe & Secure Cash Management for Businesses
W19Acquired1  0SeedMar 2019
Natural Language for Developers --Wit is an API that makes it easy…
W14Acquired1  0$3.1MSeed$3M, Oct 2014

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-Lehman Brothers founded YC companies

How many ex-Lehman Brothers founded YC companies are there?

12 Y Combinator companies have a founder who worked at Lehman Brothers; 8 are active.

Which ex-Lehman Brothers founded YC companies are hiring?

4 companies posted roles in the last 60 days, led by Alpaca (46 roles), GOAT Group (25 roles) and CaptivateIQ (2 roles). 4 mark themselves as hiring on YC's directory.

Which ex-Lehman Brothers founded YC companies are growing fastest?

By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): MagicBus (+24%), Alpaca (+20%) and CaptivateIQ (+6%).

Which ex-Lehman Brothers founded YC companies raised the most?

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

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