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YC companies founded by ex-Shopify people

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

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

Hiring the mostlast 60 days
83 roles
Finni HealthW23
See all 1
Fastest growingteam, 6 months
+67%
Plena HealthX26
  1. 2Variance+18%
  2. 3Finni Health+2%
See all 3
Raised the mostlast 12 months
$21.5M
VarianceW23
See all 1
Companies
12
Active
9
Hiring, last 60 days
1
Open roles, 60 days
83
People on these teams
545
Showing 12 of 12 companies
CompanyBatchTeam6 mo12 moOpen rolesTotal raisedLast round
Empowering Autism Care Providers to Go Independent
W23131+2%+6%83$3.3MSeries A$3.2M, Mar 2024
The mobile-first insurance platform that makes insurance easy.
W16Inactive100 +2%0$27MSeries B$16M, Jan 2021
AI Agents for Fraud Review and Investigations
W2320+18%+54%YC$25.1MSeries A$21.5M, Mar 2026
Sales Agents with 100+ data sources to close more deals
W23Acquired16+7%−24%0$2.8MSeed$2.3M, Oct 2024
Plena is the AI operating system for specialty medical practices
X2610+67%+67%YC$500KYC investment$500K, Jun 2026
AI teammate for finance and operations teams at consumer brands
S249+50%+50%0$2.5MSeed$2M, Oct 2024
The AI-native business intelligence platform
S204−20%−33%0$4.5MSeed$3.1M, May 2023
An AI bracelet that remembers your day and acts before you ask.
F263  0
The fastest way to launch product catalogs.
S243−40% 0$500KYC investment$500K, Sep 2024
Unified file system for the cloud.
S20Acquired2  0$125KYC investment$125K, Aug 2020
The AI gateway for cheaper, faster, permissioned agents.
S261  0
An online mortgage broker. Get the best mortgage, fast.
W20246  0$150KYC investment$150K, Mar 2020

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-Shopify founded YC companies

How many ex-Shopify founded YC companies are there?

12 Y Combinator companies have a founder who worked at Shopify; 9 are active.

Which ex-Shopify founded YC companies are hiring?

1 companies posted roles in the last 60 days, led by Finni Health (83 roles). 3 mark themselves as hiring on YC's directory.

Which ex-Shopify founded YC companies are growing fastest?

By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): Plena Health (+67%), Variance (+18%) and Finni Health (+2%).

Which ex-Shopify founded YC companies raised the most?

Largest latest rounds in the last 12 months, after their YC batch: Variance ($21.5M).

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