CrustdataGet an API key

YC companies founded by ex-SAP people

23 Y Combinator companies with a founder who worked at SAP before.

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

Hiring the mostlast 60 days
3 roles
CartpandaS21
  1. 2Limrun1
See all 2
Fastest growingteam, 6 months
+20%
itemF25
  1. 2Fuse AI+20%
  2. 3Camlist+8%
See all 4
Companies
23
Active
17
Hiring, last 60 days
2
Open roles, 60 days
4
People on these teams
602
Showing 23 of 23 companies
CompanyBatchTeam6 mo12 moOpen rolesTotal raisedLast round
Creating workplace wellbeing.
S16Acquired195+8%+17%0$70MSeries A$50M, May 2019
Global online sales platform
S21101−5%+7%3$125KYC investment$125K, Jan 2022
An employee up-skilling platform for fast growing companies
W22Inactive54−4%−7%0$8.8MNon-equity support$7.5M, Apr 2026
AI agent for community management
W22Acquired48+33%+109%0
Pinduoduo for India
S21Inactive350%0%0$3MYC investment$125K, Dec 2021
Discovering bispecific antibody drug-conjugates (BsADC) against cancer
W2130−3%+7%0$11.9MSeed$11.8M, Oct 2025
Cloud and Container Security Platform
S2122+5%+22%0Seed (before YC)May 2021
The AI-Native CRM that works for you
F2518+20%+80%YC$500KYC investment$500K, Dec 2025
The super app for pets
W2113+8%+44%0$1.3MPre-seed$1.3M, Nov 2021
Agentic Sales Platform
W2512+20%+50%YC$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2025
Building the next generation of wealth
W2212−20%−14%YCSeedMar 2022
Rippling for the Construction Industry
W2311−8%+22%YC$650KYC investment$150K, Nov 2023
Maximize profits with AI-powered rebate management.
W2310 +11%YC
AI Associates for Middle-Market Private Equity
F259  YC$500KYC investment$500K, Dec 2025
We make tools to design electronics circuit boards with code
W2490%+29%YC$125KYC investment$125K, Apr 2024
PowerRouter helps sales teams with lead routing in Salesforce
W2160%0%0$125KYC investment$125K, Mar 2021
Cursor for data analysis
S205−17% 0SeedJul 2022
Extend cloud sandboxes with iOS, Android and more
X263  1$500KYC investment$500K, Jun 2026
Screen-sharing for enterprise conference rooms
S16Inactive3  0$19KGrant$19K, Dec 2016
Self-optimizing inference cloud for faster, cheaper AI
F262  0
AI mobile app that helps factory technicians fix broken machines
X262  0
Empowering local retailers with tech that works for them.
S192  0$600KPre-seed$600K, Aug 2019
Grocery deals.
S11Acquired  0$5.2MSeries A$2.6M, Aug 2013

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.

Built with Crustdata. Get your own API key and build your own.

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-SAP founded YC companies

How many ex-SAP founded YC companies are there?

23 Y Combinator companies have a founder who worked at SAP; 17 are active.

Which ex-SAP founded YC companies are hiring?

2 companies posted roles in the last 60 days, led by Cartpanda (3 roles) and Limrun (1 roles). 8 mark themselves as hiring on YC's directory.

Which ex-SAP founded YC companies are growing fastest?

By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): item (+20%), Fuse AI (+20%) and Camlist (+8%).

Which ex-SAP founded YC companies raised the most?

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

Browse YC companies

By batch

Show fewer

By industry

Show fewer

By location

Show fewer

By founders' past employer

Show fewer