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YC companies founded by ex-PayPal people

19 Y Combinator companies with a founder who worked at PayPal before.

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

Hiring the mostlast 60 days
8 roles
Helium HealthS17
  1. 2Jeeves3
  2. 3Padlet2
See all 6
Fastest growingteam, 6 months
+5%
OneTextW23
  1. 2Jeeves+5%
  2. 3HealthSherpa+2%
See all 5
Shrinkingteam, 12 months
−28%
OneTextW23
  1. 2Helium Health−20%
See all 2
Raised the mostlast 12 months
$110M
JeevesS20
See all 1
Companies
19
Active
14
Hiring, last 60 days
6
Open roles, 60 days
17
People on these teams
1,081
Showing 19 of 19 companies
CompanyBatchTeam6 mo12 moOpen rolesTotal raisedLast round
International banking infrastructure for global startups.
S20324+5%+13%3$653MSeries C$110M, Sep 2026
Private sector Healthcare.gov.
S12255+2%+3%2$6.6MUndisclosed round$6.6M, Feb 2017
The first digital payment experience company, built for B2B.
S20149+1%+6%1$437MDebt$350M, Nov 2022
Africa's #1 healthcare technology provider.
S17109−6%−20%8$62.7MSeries B$30M, Jun 2023
Papyrus → Parchment → Paper → Padlet
W1381+1%+8%2$12.7MSeries A$11M, Apr 2019
Real-time audio & video SDKs, ready to launch 🚀
W21Acquired28+4% 0$15.4MSeed$11.6M, Apr 2022
Frictionless payments via SMS
W2321+5%−28%0$5MSeed$4.5M, Jul 2025
Digital subscriptions that delight investors.
S18Acquired120%0%0$2MSeed$2M, Aug 2018
Instantly draft, review, and send complex regulatory notices.
W239+13%+50%1$500KSeed$500K, Mar 2025
AI for SOX testing
S24Acquired8−20%+33%0$4.7MSeed$4.2M, Jan 2026
AI to increase payment acceptance and reduce fraud for businesses
W238+33%+60%0$500KYC investment$500K, Apr 2023
Automated phone ordering system for restaurants
S2180%0%0$125KYC investment$125K, Aug 2021
Building your AI coworkers for any team, workflow, or industry.
W234  0$500KYC investment$500K, Apr 2023
Turn any website into an MCP for your agents, in minutes
F262  0
A team of expert AI agents that test mobile apps on their own.
F262  0
An app to create courses on anything.
S242  0$500KYC investment$500K, Sep 2024
Sequin is building AI Voice Agents to automate collections calls for…
S212  0
yBANQ is building a Bill.com for India to simplify collections and…
W20Acquired1  0$1.1MSeed$1M, May 2020
AI that builds GTM assets in seconds
W22Inactive56  0$5.3MSeed$5.3M, Apr 2022

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-PayPal founded YC companies

How many ex-PayPal founded YC companies are there?

19 Y Combinator companies have a founder who worked at PayPal; 14 are active.

Which ex-PayPal founded YC companies are hiring?

6 companies posted roles in the last 60 days, led by Helium Health (8 roles), Jeeves (3 roles) and Padlet (2 roles). 2 mark themselves as hiring on YC's directory.

Which ex-PayPal founded YC companies are growing fastest?

By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): OneText (+5%), Jeeves (+5%) and HealthSherpa (+2%).

Which ex-PayPal founded YC companies raised the most?

Largest latest rounds in the last 12 months, after their YC batch: Jeeves ($110M).

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