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YC Retail Companies

117 Y Combinator retail startups with verified founder contacts, batch info, and company data.

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Company	Batch	Description	Status	Location	Team	Founders	Reveal
Complir	X26	Vanta for physical products	Active	Copenhagen, Denmark	13	Gustav Bang, Marc Kaa Brejner, Tine Kühnel	Reveal
HABIT	X25	Conversational robots for physical businesses.	Active	Los Angeles, CA, USA	—	Michael Trehan, Harish Palani	Reveal
Kirana AI	X25	AI manager for physical stores	Active	New York City, NY, USA	2	Nicholas Sleeper, Prateek Pinisetti	Reveal
Lexius	W26	AI Crime Detection	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	3	David Elskamp, Liam Webster	Reveal
Return Signals	W26	AI luxury concierge for E-commerce brands	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	2	Ilya Valmianski, Alejandro Zaniolo	Reveal
Scout	W24	AI insights for consumer products	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	3	Sasha Zhang	Reveal
Booth AI	W23	Generative AI Photographer for E-Commerce	Acquired	San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote	3	Ian Baldwin	Reveal
Luca	W23	The Modern Pricing Engine for Retail	Inactive	San Francisco, CA, USA	6	Tanvi Surti, Yonah Mann	Reveal
Compra Rápida	W22	One-click checkout and AI sales assistant for LatAm.	Active	São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil	10	Mario Marcoccia	Reveal
Compra Rápida	W22	One-click checkout and AI sales assistant for LatAm.	Active	São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Remote	21	Mario Marcoccia, Mário Marcoccia	Reveal
CrediBook	W22	Faire for Indonesia	Active	Jakarta, Indonesia	53	Gabriel Frans, Dekha Anggareska, Christian Lie	Reveal
Fleek	W22	A B2B marketplace for wholesale second hand fashion	Active	London, UK	100	Abhi Arora, Sanket Agarwal	Reveal
Fleek	W22	A B2B marketplace for wholesale second hand fashion	Active	London, England, United Kingdom	100	Abhi Arora, Sanket Agarwal	Reveal
Lizza	W22	AI-assitant for managing creator-brand partnerships	Active	Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico	7	Julian May	Reveal
Avocado	W21	AI-Native Restaurant POS	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	4	Nick Evans, Shayan Guha	Reveal
boitas.com	W21	Largest B2B eCommerce platform for SMBs in Latin America.	Inactive	Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico	35	Raul Maldonado, Marcelo Galvan	Reveal
boitas.com	W21	Largest B2B eCommerce platform for SMBs in Latin America.	Inactive	Monterrey, N.L., Mexico	35	Raul Maldonado, Marcelo Galvan	Reveal
Fountain9	W21	Helping food brands and retailers reduce food wastage	Acquired	San Francisco, CA, USA	8	Niki Khokale, Rajas Lonkar	Reveal
Fountain9	W21	Helping food brands and retailers reduce food wastage	Acquired	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India	8	Niki Khokale, Rajas Lonkar	Reveal
Meru.com	W21	The one-stop-shop for auto-parts in Mexico.	Active	Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico	70	Manuel Rodriguez Dao, Virgile Fiszman, Federico Moscato, Eduardo Mata	Reveal
Seer	W21	Sell beyond the store.	Active	Menlo Park, CA, USA	4	Christina Czap, Felipe Saint-Jean	Reveal
SwiftSku	W21	Management and analytics software for convenience stores	Active	New York, NY, USA	35	Mit Patel, Daniel Mazur	Reveal
The Third Place	W21	Subscriptions for neighborhood businesses	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	2	Vivien Sin, Glen Wang	Reveal
ZOKO	W21	Better Business on WhatsApp	Active	Bengaluru, Karnataka, India	18	Arjun Paul	Reveal
ZOKO	W21	Better Business on WhatsApp	Active	Bengaluru, KA, India	18	Arjun Paul	Reveal
Pango	S26	Agentic OS for e-commerce operations	Active	New York City, NY, USA	5	Steve Rahimi, Lukasz Reszczynski	Reveal
Channel3	S25	Database of every product on the internet	Active	New York City, NY, USA	5	Alexander Schiff, George Lawrence	Reveal
Anglera	S24	AI-Powered Product Data Enrichment	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	5	Amay Aggarwal, Ray Iyer	Reveal
Handled	S24	Automating post-order operations for e-commerce brands and 3PLs	Active	New York, NY, USA	2	Audrey Djiya, Peter Nsaka	Reveal
Handled	S24	Automating post-order operations for e-commerce brands and 3PLs	Active	New York City, NY, USA	2	Audrey Djiya	Reveal
Presti AI	S24	Helping furniture companies create product visuals with AI	Active	Paris, Île-de-France, France	16	Nabil Toumi, Saad Bencherif, Hamza Bennis, Abdellah Lamrani Alaoui, Abdellah Alaoui	Reveal
Presti AI	S24	Helping furniture companies create product visuals with AI	Active	—	25	Nabil Toumi, Saad Bencherif, Hamza Bennis, Abdellah Lamrani Alaoui	Reveal
Promi	S24	Optimizing ecommerce pricing with dynamic, personalized discounts	Active	—	2	Peter Moot, Jiaxin Lin	Reveal
Rastro	S24	The fastest way to launch product catalogs.	Active	London, England, United Kingdom	3	Baptiste Cumin, Augustin Baudoin, Papa Sougou Wele	Reveal
SureBright	S24	Apple Care-like warranty program for every retailer	Active	New Delhi, DL, India	35	Manish Chauhan, Sanket Munjal, Kai Jia	Reveal
Airgoods	S23	The modern distributor for grocers.	Active	New York City, NY, USA	10	Aaron Farr, Paolo Carroll, Elian Haddock	Reveal
Branch AI	S23	AI Overview Search, as a Service	Inactive	Singapore, Singapore	3	Govind Chandrasekhar, Ishan Agrawal	Reveal
Branch AI	S23	AI Overview Search, as a Service	Inactive	Singapore	3	Govind Chandrasekhar, Ishan Agrawal	Reveal
CraftOS	S23	Inventory Management and POS for the Wine industry	Inactive	San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote	3	Wael Al Sallami, Wael Al Sallami	Reveal
Margin	S23	POS & operating system that makes liquor stores more money	Active	—	10	Param Bidja, Jay Patel	Reveal
Margin	S23	POS & operating system that makes liquor stores more money	Active	—	10	Param Bidja, Jay Patel	Reveal
Santé	S23	All-in-one POS for liquor stores	Active	New York City, NY, USA	10	Darren Fike, Antoine Balaresque	Reveal
autone	S22	Inventory management SaaS for Retail & Consumer brands	Active	London, England, United Kingdom	70	Adil Bouhdadi, Harry Cheslaw	Reveal
Aleph Solutions (Alephee)	S21	We help automotive aftermarket brands to supply and sell parts online	Active	Buenos Aires, CABA, Argentina; Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Remote	60	Gaston Zelerteins, Javier Neumann, Jonathan Saiegh	Reveal
Aleph Solutions (Alephee)	S21	We help automotive aftermarket brands to supply and sell parts online	Active	Buenos Aires, Argentina	60	Gaston Zelerteins, Javier Neumann, Jonathan Saiegh	Reveal
Anakin	S21	We automate pricing for eCommerce and on-demand service companies	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	60	Mohit Prateek, Rashmi Bala	Reveal
Milky Way AI	S21	Mobile app for CPG brands to connect to millions of stores globally	Inactive	Singapore	5	Eunice Wong, Sagar Setu	Reveal
Prox	F25	AI technical support for complex physical products	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	7	Dima Yanovsky, Gregory Makodzeba	Reveal
Metreecs	F24	AI-powered demand forecasting for retail	Active	Paris, Île-de-France, France	6	Martin Dimitrov, Elie Dufeu, Thibaut Pellegrin	Reveal
Metreecs	F24	AI-powered demand forecasting for retail	Active	—	6	Martin Dimitrov, Elie Dufeu, Thibaut Pellegrin	Reveal

Batch Distribution

XX261 XX252 WW262 WW241 WW232 WW226

Status Breakdown

Active82 Inactive18 Acquired14 Public3

Top Locations

San Francisco34 New York City10 Bengaluru7 New York6 Singapore6 London5

About YC Retail Companies

Y Combinator has funded 117 retail 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 retail innovation globally.

82 of these companies are currently active. 14 have been acquired. 3 have gone public. VCBacked tracks verified founder contact information, team sizes, and company status for every YC retail startup.

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