You asked about Fintech
863 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 |
| 2015-06-01 | YCXendit Provides payment infrastructure for Southeast Asia · xendit.co | still up |
| 2019-01-01 | YCNabis Nabis is the largest licensed cannabis wholesale platform. · nabis.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YCLemFi Fair, simple and accessible financial services · lemfi.com | still up |
| 2016-06-01 | Helping businesses make and accept payments from anywhere in Africa. · flutterwave.com | still up |
| 2017-06-01 | YCFAZZ All-in-one Finance for Every Southeast Asia Business · fazzfinancial.com | still up |
| 2018-01-01 | YCAspire All-in-one Finance OS for businesses · aspireapp.com | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | Data driven neobank for SMBs in LATAM · kapital.mx | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | The SuperApp for neighbourhood merchants in Africa. · marketforce.io | still up |
| 2009-06-01 | YCWePay Payments for platform businesses. · wepay.com | acquired |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2021-01-01 | YCDjamo Challenger Bank for consumers in French speaking Africa. · djamo.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
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.