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YC companies founded by ex-Merrill Lynch people

14 Y Combinator companies with a founder who worked at Merrill Lynch before.

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

Hiring the mostlast 60 days
14 roles
NetomiW16
  1. 2Short Story3
See all 2
Fastest growingteam, 6 months
+16%
NetomiW16
  1. 2Short Story+14%
  2. 3Belvo+10%
See all 3
Shrinkingteam, 12 months
−39%
Reforged LabsW22
  1. 2Nuvocargo−18%
See all 2
Raised the mostlast 12 months
$110M
NetomiW16
  1. 2Haplotype Labs$500K
See all 2
Companies
14
Active
10
Hiring, last 60 days
2
Open roles, 60 days
17
People on these teams
1,055
Showing 14 of 14 companies
CompanyBatchTeam6 mo12 moOpen rolesTotal raisedLast round
Self-Driving Customer Care
W16310+16%+34%14$217MSeries C$110M, Apr 2026
Modern ecommerce for petite women
S19190+14%+23%3$2.9MSeed$2.9M, Sep 2021
Embedded lending infrastructure
W21Acquired126+8%+29%0$180MCorporate round$9M, Oct 2025
Customer loyalty and payments platform for small businesses.
W11Acquired126 −1%0$144MSeries D$52.2M, Oct 2020
Open Finance API platform for Latam.
W20125+10%+12%YC$70MUndisclosed round$15M, Apr 2025
Your AI partner for North America truckload freight
W1862−14%−18%0$74.4MSeries B$36.5M, Jun 2023
Professional network for women
S19Inactive43+5% 0$1.3MSeed$1.1M, Nov 2019
Turn intuition into insights, in minutes
W2214−44%−39%YC$3.9MSeed$3.9M, Aug 2024
Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) serving…
S15120%0%0$20.4MConvertible note$1.8M, Apr 2021
The Best Way to Sign Contracts Since Handshakes. Roger that.
W214  0Pre-seedMar 2021
AI-native Accounting Firm that's killing Deloitte
S263  0$500KYC investment$500K, Sep 2026
Personalized prevention using genetics and AI
W241  YC$500KSeed$500K, Jan 2026
AI Grading for Teachers
S2539  0$500KYC investment$500K, Sep 2025
Knowledge Assistant for Work.
W17Inactive  0SeedApr 2017

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-Merrill Lynch founded YC companies

How many ex-Merrill Lynch founded YC companies are there?

14 Y Combinator companies have a founder who worked at Merrill Lynch; 10 are active.

Which ex-Merrill Lynch founded YC companies are hiring?

2 companies posted roles in the last 60 days, led by Netomi (14 roles) and Short Story (3 roles). 5 mark themselves as hiring on YC's directory.

Which ex-Merrill Lynch founded YC companies are growing fastest?

By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): Netomi (+16%), Short Story (+14%) and Belvo (+10%).

Which ex-Merrill Lynch founded YC companies raised the most?

Largest latest rounds in the last 12 months, after their YC batch: Netomi ($110M) and Haplotype Labs ($500K).

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