YC companies in Kitchener: 16 startups (Nov 2026)

Showing 16 of 16 companies

Company	Batch	Team	6 mo	12 mo	Open roles	Total raised	Last round
Video for business.	S11	148	−6%	−12%	1	$90.9M	Undisclosed round$15.2M, Apr 2024
Marketing automation for event promoters (email, sms, ads, CRM)	S14	78	+3%	+11%	YC	$27.1M	Secondary$27M, Oct 2026
Detect cyber attacks on critical physical infrastructure	W22	35	+21%	+30%	0	$550K	Grant$50K, Jun 2023
Vena Medical is providing physicians with the world's smallest camera…	W18	26	+30%	−7%	0	$198K	YC investment$40K, Feb 2018
PiinPoint helps businesses find the best locations for growth	W14	16	+14%		0	$1.4M	Seed$1.4M, Sep 2014
Flyer app.	S13	14	0%	−12%	0	$145K	Corporate round$120K, Aug 2019
Kenota is revolutionizing the way we test for disease	S16Inactive	8	0%	−20%	0	$11.1M	Series A$9M, Dec 2020
TyltGO powers retailers with same-day delivery.	S20	7	0%	0%	0	$2M	Seed$1.8M, Mar 2021
Carbon neutral packaging for ambitious businesses.	W16Inactive	7			0	$120K	YC investment$120K, Mar 2016
Mobile surveys for researchers	S14	7	0%	0%	0	$144K	Pre-seed$120K, Mar 2015
Accidental Death Insurance for Surgery	W22	6	0%	0%	0	$3M	Seed$3M, Jun 2022
AI for modern automotive dealerships	S22	5			0
We connect products to the internet using an invisible, chip-less tag	W17Inactive	2			0	$20K	Non-equity support$20K, Jun 2020
The Best Data Infrastructure for Biotechs	S21	1			YC	$9.7M	Series A$8M, Jun 2026
Software for inspectors to automate their paper workflow.	W18Inactive				0	$120K	YC investment$120K, Jan 2018
Wearable computing hardware: biosignal gesture recognition	W13Acquired

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.

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A watch that re-runs the search weekly and sends only what changed

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# 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 Kitchener YC companies

How many Kitchener YC companies are there?

16 Y Combinator companies are based in Kitchener; 11 are active.

Which Kitchener YC companies are hiring?

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

Which Kitchener YC companies are growing fastest?

By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): Vena Medical (+30%), Palitronica Inc (+21%) and PiinPoint (+14%).

Which Kitchener YC companies raised the most?

Largest latest rounds in the last 12 months, after their YC batch: Scispot ($8M).

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