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YC companies founded by ex-Wells Fargo people

13 Y Combinator companies with a founder who worked at Wells Fargo before.

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

Hiring the mostlast 60 days
14 roles
FoursW23
  1. 2Prelim9
See all 2
Fastest growingteam, 6 months
+38%
PrelimS17
  1. 2Fours+22%
  2. 3Foundation+15%
See all 3
Companies
13
Active
8
Hiring, last 60 days
2
Open roles, 60 days
23
People on these teams
741
Showing 13 of 13 companies
CompanyBatchTeam6 mo12 moOpen rolesTotal raisedLast round
W18Inactive328−4%−12%0$87.8MSeed$40M, Mar 2024
Infrastructure for indirect revenue channels
W23180+22%+58%14$18.5MSeries A$15M, Feb 2025
Kalibrr connects SEAsian talent to your local & global jobs.
W13Acquired72+3% 0$9.4MConvertible note$5.5M, Mar 2019
Build better banking
S1758+38%+32%9$4MUndisclosed round$2M, Mar 2022
[Acquired by HubSpot in 2026] Autonomous sales platform to auto-email…
S20Acquired52−52%−53%0$21.9MSeries A$6M, Feb 2025
Shopify for Homebuilders
S2315+15%+50%0Pre-seedJun 2023
Building the operating system for developing world merchants
W1910  0$1.4MPre-seed$1.4M, Mar 2019
Marketplace for small business M&A
W2180%0%0$125KYC investment$125K, Mar 2021
International payroll, built for founders
S257+40% 0$500KYC investment$500K, Jul 2025
Financial OS for Modern Fleets
W255−17% 0$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2025
Memorial sites.
S10Acquired3  0$2.5MSeries A$2.5M, Feb 2011
Easiest way to set appointments with real estate leads
W17Inactive2  0$1.9MPre-seed$1M, Mar 2023
Credit research for municipal bond analysts
F261  0

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-Wells Fargo founded YC companies

How many ex-Wells Fargo founded YC companies are there?

13 Y Combinator companies have a founder who worked at Wells Fargo; 8 are active.

Which ex-Wells Fargo founded YC companies are hiring?

2 companies posted roles in the last 60 days, led by Fours (14 roles) and Prelim (9 roles). 2 mark themselves as hiring on YC's directory.

Which ex-Wells Fargo founded YC companies are growing fastest?

By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): Prelim (+38%), Fours (+22%) and Foundation (+15%).

Which ex-Wells Fargo founded YC companies raised the most?

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

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