Y Combinator portfolio in San Francisco

Y Combinator portfolio companies in San Francisco

Y Combinator’s San Francisco portfolio is one of the most active recruiting pools in the market. The list above ranks Y Combinator-backed companies headquartered in San Francisco by current headcount, drawn from public LinkedIn and Crunchbase records. With 1,103 matching companies in our index, you can see exactly where the Y Combinator thesis has landed locally.

Y Combinator companies in San Franciscotend to attract a specific type of operator — a founder or early hire bought into both the firm’s thesis and the city’s ecosystem. That makes the engineers and designers at these companies particularly valuable signals.

Refolk lets you reach this pool. Ask for “Y Combinator companies in San Franciscohiring founding engineers” or “founders of Y Combinator-backed companies in San Francisco who left in the last year” and Refolk returns a ranked shortlist with evidence behind each match.