Emburse
Acquired
What they do:
Expense management and AP automation.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC W16Early stage
Startups Launched in 2016
This list has 224 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 36 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (115), New York (20), and Los Angeles (12). Largest teams: Rappi, Relativity Space, and Meesho. Latest round: Modal raised $750M (Oct 14, 2026).
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Redspread
Acquired
What they do:
Version control for software environments
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC W16Early stage
Iris Automation
Acquired
What they do:
Enabling autonomous drone operations globally through AI software
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Starcity
Acquired
What they do:
Starcity was one of the largest co-living brands. Exit to Common in…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC S16Growth stage
Drivezy
Shut down
What they do:
India's largest vehicle sharing platform, turning people's vehicles…
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Modal
Shut down
What they do:
digital commerce for the world’s largest auto retailers and brands.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Funding:
$750M · Series D · Oct 2026
Bus.com
Shut down
What they do:
The easiest way to charter a bus in North America.
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Inevitable Tech
Shut down
What they do:
To make food a renewable resource, for everyone
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Kisan Network
Shut down
What they do:
Tech enabled and fully integrated PAN India agri produce supply chain
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Cover
Shut down
What they do:
The mobile-first insurance platform that makes insurance easy.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Xberts
Shut down
What they do:
Xberts.com is a community-based marketplace for global hardware…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Seerslab
Shut down
What they do:
We are providing AR technologies and contents to app developers
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Kenota (formerly ExVivo Labs)
Shut down
What they do:
Kenota is revolutionizing the way we test for disease
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Shield Bio
Shut down
What they do:
Bringing 3rd generation, nanopore sequencing to healthcare to solve…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
AlphaFlow
Shut down
What they do:
AlphaFlow is a technology-driven investment manager.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Unima
Shut down
What they do:
Fast and low-cost diagnostics for real time disease surveillance
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HQ: Zapopan, Mexico
WorldCover
Shut down
What they do:
Funding platform for global insurance, starting with crop insurance…
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Mosaix.ai
Shut down
What they do:
Mosaix builds the NLP for the local languages at the emerging markets.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Georgette Packaging
Shut down
What they do:
Carbon neutral packaging for ambitious businesses.
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Pathmind
Shut down
What they do:
Pathmind helps industrial engineers and simulation modelers achieve…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Abundance Labs
Shut down
What they do:
Abundance Labs incubates and builds alternative currency marketplace…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Compgun
Shut down
What they do:
Sales commission software that grows revenue.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
VINEBOX (Usual Beverage Co.)
Shut down
What they do:
Wine by the glass, delivered
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Open Motors
Shut down
What they do:
Open Motors (formerly OSVehicle) is a B2B company that is developing…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Castle
Shut down
What they do:
Castle manages rental homes using automation and on-demand labor.
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HQ: Detroit, MI, United States
Elucify
Shut down
What they do:
Elucify is an API that plugs into your CRM which automatically cleans…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Sixa
Shut down
What they do:
Personal computer in the cloud
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Looklive
Shut down
What they do:
Looklive is a community and marketplace for fashion. Users browse…
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HQ: Atlanta, GA, United States
Robby Technologies
Shut down
What they do:
We are building a fleet of autonomous mobile robots that travel on…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Coub
Shut down
What they do:
Coub is YouTube for video loops. You can take any video from YouTube,…
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HQ: Moscow, Russia
Starsky Robotics
Shut down
What they do:
Driverless Trucks, for real.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
NuCypher (aka Threshold Network)
Shut down
What they do:
Network for decentralized threshold cryptography and end-to-end…
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HQ: Austin, TX, United States
Farmstead
Shut down
What they do:
An AI-powered digital grocer that delivers in under 60 mins.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Clip Health
Shut down
What they do:
Testing & treatment at home, in minutes, for chronic & acute disease
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Ubiq
Shut down
What they do:
Screen-sharing for enterprise conference rooms
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
UtilityScore (formerly Pando)
Shut down
What they do:
API that estimates utility costs for 100M+ homes.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States