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YC Apparel and Cosmetics Companies

36 Y Combinator apparel and cosmetics startups with verified founder contacts, batch info, and company data.

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Company	Batch	Description	Status	Location	Team	Founders	Reveal
Retrofit	W25	A vintage marketplace curated by AI	Active	New York, NY, USA	2	Sandra Lifshits	Reveal
Retrofit	W25	A vintage marketplace curated by AI	Active	New York City, NY, USA	2	Sandra Lifshits, Maddy Yip	Reveal
Fetchr	W23	The Personal Shopper in Your Pocket	Active	Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, USA	4	Calvin Chen, Calix Huang	Reveal
WANTD	W22	A direct to consumer marketplace and influencer network for brands	Active	Los Angeles, CA, USA; Remote	4	Ricky Nariani, Quyen Hua	Reveal
Lygg	W21	Creating New Anti-Aging Ingredients	Active	Palo Alto, CA, USA	1	Graham Dick	Reveal
Queenly	W21	Leading marketplace for formalwear	Inactive	San Francisco, CA, USA	13	Trisha Bantigue, Kathy Zhou-Patel, Kathy Zhou	Reveal
PerShop	W19	Your personal clothing store!	Inactive	San Francisco, CA, USA	2	Amol Jain, Tony Dong	Reveal
Function of Beauty	W16	Customizable beauty for hair, skin, and body care products.	Active	New York, NY, USA	300	Zahir Dossa, Hien Kaplan, Joshua Maciejewski	Reveal
Function of Beauty	W16	Customizable beauty for hair, skin, and body care products.	Active	New York City, NY, USA; New York, NY, USA	300	Zahir Dossa, Hien Kaplan, Joshua Maciejewski	Reveal
MBX	W14	A global multi-brand beauty and personal care startup.	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	150	Hyungseok (Dino) Ha, Doin Kim	Reveal
Lollipuff	W13	Online Auctions for Authentic (Women's) Designer Goods	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA	11	Fei Deyle	Reveal
Teespring	W13	IMPORTANT: The original YC founders are no longer involved with this…	Acquired	San Francisco, CA, USA	201	Walker Williams, Evan Stites Clayton	Reveal
GOAT Group	W11	Platform for the greatest products from the past, present and future.	Active	Los Angeles, CA, USA	1600	Eddy Lu, Daishin Sugano	Reveal
GOAT Group	W11	Platform for the greatest products from the past, present and future.	Active	Los Angeles, CA, USA	1600	Eddy Lu, Daishin Sugano	Reveal
Inporia	W11	Fashion shopping email list.	Inactive	San Francisco, CA, USA	11	Ryan Junee, Max Sky (CEO, Vault12)	Reveal
CAPSULE	S22	Buy anything you find on social media	Inactive	San Francisco, CA, USA	4	Michele Van Ruiten, Kelsey Pedersen	Reveal
CAPSULE	S22	Buy anything you find on social media	Inactive	San Francisco, CA, USA	4	Michele Van Ruiten, Kelsey Pedersen	Reveal
Jamble	S22	Fashion resale marketplace powered by live streaming and video	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	3	Louis de Jenlis, Aymar Dumoulin, Jeremy Gozlan	Reveal
Soco	S21	Visual AI shopping	Active	New York, NY, USA	—	Omar Thanawalla	Reveal
SockSoho	S20	Building world's largest men fashion brand powered by technology	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	22	Simarpreet Singh, Pritika Mehta	Reveal
Binks	S19	A zero inventory, zero returns factory-to-consumer apparel company	Active	Bengaluru, KA, India	70	Aamna Khan, Raj Vardhan	Reveal
Hype and Vice	S19	Fashionable college, NBA and MLS apparel.	Active	Los Angeles, CA, USA	55	Cecilia Gonzalez, Kimberly Robles	Reveal
Short Story	S19	Modern ecommerce for petite women	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	120	Samuel Hoffstaetter, Isabella Sun	Reveal
FREY	S18	FREY is a line of exceptional laundry and clothing care products.…	Inactive	Mt Harwood, California 92358, USA	3	Aidan Porter, Erin Robert Frey, Leif Frey	Reveal
Honeylove	S18	Honeylove makes functional undergarments for women	Active	Los Angeles, CA, USA	100	Betsie Larkin	Reveal
And Comfort	S17	And Comfort is a direct to consumer fashion brand.	Inactive	San Francisco, CA, USA	2	Jeffrey Zhao	Reveal
VIDA & Co.	S17	Platform for unique products produced on-demand at mass-scale	Acquired	San Francisco, CA, USA	11	Umaimah Mendhro	Reveal
VIDA & Co.	S17	Platform for unique products produced on-demand at mass-scale	Acquired	San Francisco, CA, USA	11	Umaimah Mendhro	Reveal
Curtsy	S16	Curtsy is a sustainable clothing resale app.	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	15	David Oates, Eli Allen	Reveal
Hush	S16	Hush is the top social commerce app in the United States.	Inactive	Los Angeles, CA, USA	2	Alex Lin, William King, Cooper Mor	Reveal
Looklive	S16	Looklive is a community and marketplace for fashion. Users browse…	Inactive	Atlanta, GA, USA	11	Paul Judge, Cedric Rogers, Greg Selkoe	Reveal
Looklive	S16	Looklive is a community and marketplace for fashion. Users browse…	Inactive	Atlanta, GA, USA	11	Paul Judge, Cedric Rogers, Greg Selkoe	Reveal
Markhor	S15	Markhor is a DTC company that works with craftsmen to make shoes and…	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote	5	Waqas Ali, Sidra Qasim	Reveal
Scentbird	S15	Scentbird is a luxury fragrance subscription service.	Active	New York City, NY, USA; New York, NY, USA; Remote	165	Mariya Nurislamova, Andrei Rebrov	Reveal
Glio	S13	Amazon Marketplace for Latin America	Inactive	Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	2	João de Paula	Reveal
Le Tote	S13	Subscription service for women's apparel & accessories.	Inactive	San Francisco, CA, USA	201	Rakesh Tondon, Brett Northart	Reveal

Batch Distribution

WW252 WW231 WW221 WW212 WW191 WW162

Status Breakdown

Active21 Inactive12 Acquired3

Top Locations

San Francisco17 Los Angeles6 New York3 New York City3 Atlanta2 Hayes St1

About YC Apparel and Cosmetics Companies

Y Combinator has funded 36 apparel and cosmetics companies since its founding in 2005. These startups span from early-stage pre-launch to publicly traded companies, making YC one of the most prolific backers of apparel and cosmetics innovation globally.

21 of these companies are currently active. 3 have been acquired. VCBacked tracks verified founder contact information, team sizes, and company status for every YC apparel and cosmetics startup.

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