Pixate
Acquired
What they do:
Mobile application prototyping. Now part of Google.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Y Combinator Summer 2012 Startups
This list has 83 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 4 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (52), New York (4), and Los Angeles (2). Largest teams: Coinbase, Instacart, and Benchling.
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Streem
Acquired
What they do:
Acquired by Box in June 2014. We built: (1) a native win/mac…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
ZeroMailer
Acquired
What they do:
Easy mailing lists
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Statwing
Acquired
What they do:
Dead simple statistical analysis software. Like R or SPSS but easy to…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Vayable
Acquired
What they do:
We're building a marketplace for unique travel experiences (it's…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Easel
Acquired
What they do:
Easel is a visual design tool built for the web. Since the web is…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
BufferBox
Acquired
What they do:
The future of package delivery. We are building a network of…
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VoiceGem
Acquired
What they do:
Voice messaging platform - Acquired by Palantir in 2013
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Vastrm
Acquired
What they do:
Mass customized active apparel. We are building a full turn key…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Thread
Shut down
What they do:
Thread makes it incredibly easy to dress well, using stylists and AI
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
FileStack
Shut down
What they do:
Acquired by Xenon Ventures.We enable website developers to hook into…
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HQ: San Antonio, TX, United States
Canopy Labs
Shut down
What they do:
Canopy Labs automates customer analytics for small and medium-sized…
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
DataNitro
Shut down
What they do:
We speed up Excel.
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Partnered
Shut down
What they do:
Partnered is a digital platform automating business development…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Tastemaker
Shut down
What they do:
Interior design marketplace and online retailer
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
RegistryLove
Shut down
What they do:
Cross-store wedding registry.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Everyday.me
Shut down
What they do:
Everyday.me - Record your life. Store it forever.
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Celery
Shut down
What they do:
Celery is a platform for pre-orders (www.trycelery.com). Accept…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
GetGoing
Shut down
What they do:
We are building a "transparent opaque" airfare and hotel booking site…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Light Table/Eve
Shut down
What they do:
Eve is our way of bringing the power of computation to everyone, not…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Markupwand
Shut down
What they do:
Convert Design files to working websites automagically
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TomoGuides
Shut down
What they do:
Mobile travel guides done right. Personalized, context-aware, and…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
LeanMarket
Shut down
What they do:
Mobile advertising
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Imgfave
Shut down
What they do:
A fun image sharing community.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Arc
Shut down
What they do:
aerial videography
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Testmunk
Shut down
What they do:
Automating mobile app testing.
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HQ: CA, United States
Framebase
Shut down
What they do:
API for video.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Hiptype
Shut down
What they do:
Hiptype is a marketing and analytics platform for eBooks. We can…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Kippt
Shut down
What they do:
Kippt is a social bookmarking service
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Collections
Shut down
What they do:
Finder for the Cloud
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Dreamforge
Shut down
What they do:
Simple 3d modeling software for 3d printers.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
ReelSurfer
Shut down
What they do:
Clip and share any video from any website.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Keychain Logistics
Shut down
What they do:
Software that connects the supply side of companies that ship product…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Profig
Shut down
What they do:
The phone system for businesses. Manage everything from your company…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
GoScale
Shut down
What they do:
Dynamical Scaling Virtual Machines as a Service
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
MicroEval
Shut down
What they do:
Changing the way companies review employee performance with…
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HQ: Hamlin, NY, United States