You asked about Fintech
865 people built something like it. 119 are gone.
That is 16% of the ones whose fate we could settle, against 23% across the whole register. 113 were acquired.
| Launched | What it was | Today |
|---|---|---|
| 2009-06-01 | YCStripe Economic infrastructure for the internet. · stripe.com | still up |
| 2012-06-01 | YCCoinbase Buy, sell, and manage cryptocurrencies. · coinbase.com | acquired |
| 2019-01-01 | YCDeel The all-in-one HR and payroll platform for global teams · deel.com | still up |
| 2016-01-01 | YCRappi On-demand delivery and financial services for Latin America. · rappi.com | still up |
| 2015-01-01 | YCRazorpay India's only full-stack financial solutions company for businesses. · razorpay.com | still up |
| 2012-01-01 | YCWave Mobile money app for Africa · wave.com | still up |
| 2018-01-01 | YCGroww Making financial services simple, transparent and delightful. · groww.in | acquired |
| 2017-01-01 | YCBrex Business accounts, corporate cards, and spend management software. · brex.com | acquired |
| 2016-01-01 | YCPodium Get more leads. Make more money. · podium.com | still up |
| 2011-06-01 | We’re building the world’s bank payment network. · gocardless.com | still up |
| 2014-06-01 | YCClear Fintech SaaS platform for invoices, taxes, wealth management & credit. · clear.in | still up |
| 2019-01-01 | YCKovi Making car ownership more inclusive, flexible and simple. · kovi.com.br | acquired |
| 2018-01-01 | YCNewfront Modern insurance brokerage. · newfront.com | acquired |
| 2015-06-01 | The 401(k) for small and medium-sized businesses. · humaninterest.com | still up |
| 2019-01-01 | YCNabis Nabis is the largest licensed cannabis wholesale platform. · nabis.com | still up |
| 2015-06-01 | YCXendit Provides payment infrastructure for Southeast Asia · xendit.co | still up |
| 2017-06-01 | YCFAZZ All-in-one Finance for Every Southeast Asia Business · fazzfinancial.com | still up |
| 2016-06-01 | Helping businesses make and accept payments from anywhere in Africa. · flutterwave.com | still up |
| 2018-01-01 | YCAspire All-in-one Finance OS for businesses · aspireapp.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YCLemFi Fair, simple and accessible financial services · lemfi.com | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | Data driven neobank for SMBs in LATAM · kapital.mx | still up |
| 2009-06-01 | YCWePay Payments for platform businesses. · wepay.com | acquired |
| 2020-06-01 | The SuperApp for neighbourhood merchants in Africa. · marketforce.io | still up |
| 2019-06-01 | YCTRM Labs TRM is building a safer world for billions of people. · trmlabs.com | still up |
| 2019-01-01 | The everything store for restaurants in LATAM. · frubana.com | gone |
| 2018-06-01 | Manage your ledgers and avail Financial Services like Lending on your… · khatabook.com | still up |
| 2018-01-01 | YCSimetrik No code enterprise SaaS for financial control automation. · simetrik.com | still up |
| 2012-01-01 | YCSendwave Instant, no fee international remittances. · sendwave.com | acquired |
| 2022-01-01 | B2B E-commerce & Fintech platform for Pharmacies & Hospitals in Africa · remedial.health | still up |
| 2018-06-01 | YCAjaib Consumer fintech for Indonesia · ajaib.co.id | still up |
| 2015-06-01 | Digital trade finance and B2B commerce company · dripcapital.com | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | YCDjamo Challenger Bank for consumers in French speaking Africa. · djamo.com | still up |
| 2024-06-01 | Corgi is building an AI financial infrastructure company · corgi.com | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | Accounting, Payments & Credit app for 60M micro-businesses in… · bukuwarung.com | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | YCThndr Investment platform for MENA individuals · thndr.app | still up |
| 2017-06-01 | YCJerry Jerry is building the AI agent to manage all your physical assets. · jerry.ai | still up |
| 2016-01-01 | YCTruebill Live your best financial life · truebill.com | acquired |
| 2019-06-01 | YCPayMongo Modern online payments for the Philippines · paymongo.com | still up |
| 2012-06-01 | Marketplace connecting consumers to financial advisors · smartasset.com | still up |
| 2011-01-01 | Customer loyalty and payments platform for small businesses. · fivestars.com | acquired |
| 2012-01-01 | YCLendUp LendUp is a socially responsible company on a mission to redefine… · lendup.com | gone |
| 2020-06-01 | YCSpenmo A spend management software that provides businesses visibility,… · summitglobal.com | still up |
| 2017-01-01 | YCNomba Banking and payments for businesses in Africa · nomba.com | still up |
| 2017-06-01 | Next-gen digital payments provider for India. · cashfree.com | still up |
| 2015-06-01 | YCPlate IQ Automated Accounts Payable · plateiq.com | still up |
| 2017-01-01 | Modern employee benefits & health savings account (HSA) provider · livelyme.com | still up |
| 2019-06-01 | YCVouch Insurance and risk management tools for startups and growth-stage… · vouch.us | still up |
| 2019-01-01 | YCLezzoo Lezzoo is an on-demand delivery Superapp for Iraq. · lezzoo.com | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | YCOntop Simplifying hiring and payments for the global workforce · getontop.com | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | YCPave Plan, communicate, and benchmark your compensation in real-time. · pave.com | still up |
| 2017-01-01 | Full Stack Fintech and Supply Chain Platform for Global Trade · bulkmro.com | still up |
| 2019-01-01 | YCVerto Cross-Border Payments and FX Simplified · vertofx.com | still up |
| 2019-01-01 | YCNALA Building Payments for the Next Billion. · nala.com | still up |
| 2023-01-01 | YCAlaan Modern finance platform for the Middle East · alaan.com | still up |
| 2018-06-01 | Payment operations tools for money movement. · moderntreasury.com | still up |
| 2017-06-01 | YCRoutable Simplifying payouts at scale · routable.com | still up |
| 2020-01-01 | We are connecting every single Mexican to the financial system. · fondeadora.com | still up |
| 2014-01-01 | YCAxoni Axoni is building the next generation of capital markets technology · axoni.com | acquired |
| 2019-01-01 | YCAlpaca API-first stock and crypto brokerage platform · alpaca.markets | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YCBaubap Smart micro financing for everyone · baubap.com | still up |
How this compares
Y Combinator reports its own outcomes, including acquisitions. The other two are judged by asking the domain, so they are not measured the same way and are never averaged together.
Older launches have had longer to die, so this slope is expected. A year that broke it would mean something is wrong with the checking.
The register re-probes every domain it holds. Some that answered last month stop answering. We send that list — what went quiet, and what it was — once a month. Nothing else.
How this was made. Show HN entries are every post from 2021 to 2023 with at least five points that linked to its own domain; code hosts and free hosting are excluded, because a repository outlives the effort behind it. Product Hunt entries needed 100 votes — a far higher bar, so they are the promoted top slice rather than a like-for-like sample. Both are judged by asking the domain whether it still answers: gone means it no longer resolves, refuses the connection, serves a parking page, or says plainly that it shut down. An HTTP error is not counted as gone — a server answering 404 is one somebody still pays for, and an audit of 25 gone-calls found two such sites alive with only a moved homepage. Y Combinator entries use the status YC publishes itself, which is why only those can say acquired. Squatted domains — a lapsed name now serving somebody else's site — are not detected, so these figures run slightly low.