Y Combinator Summer 2019 (S19) Companies

Actiondesk is a spreadsheet tool that connects to live data sources, offering the familiarity of a spreadsheet with the analytical capabilities of a business intelligence tool. The company was acquired by Datadog.

4 investors

Adla is an e-commerce service that curates and delivers clothing for customers to try on at home for free, charging only for items kept and arranging pickup of returns. The company initially targets college students.

1 investor

Alana is an HR-focused ERP that automates staff management processes for mid-to-large companies in retail, manufacturing, and hospitality. Its modules cover shift and calendar planning, geolocation and facial-recognition check-in/out, health and safety reporting, performance management, and career planning, targeting the Latin American market.

2 investors

Apero provides medical billing software for healthcare practices, handling eligibility, benefits investigation, claims, and patient payments, and integrates with major EHR systems. It serves practices across the United States, including venture-backed healthcare startups.

7 investors

Apurata provides instant personal loans and Buy Now Pay Later financing for merchants in Peru. The platform enables lending decisions within minutes through automated credit evaluation and mobile-first loan disbursement.

2 investors

Arpeggio Bio is a pharmaceutical company that uses AI and high-throughput RNA-sequencing to develop drugs targeting transcription factors, including historically "undruggable" proteins such as NRF2, TEAD, and GPX4. Its lead program targets IO-resistant melanoma, and it has worked on rare disease and inflammation programs through partnerships.

6 investors

Asher Bio is a biotechnology company developing targeted immunotherapies for cancer, autoimmune, and infectious diseases using a cis-targeting platform that selectively activates specific immune cell types. The approach aims to overcome the limitations of immunotherapies that act on multiple cell types.

7 investors

Aspect provides tools for building and publishing user interfaces quickly, aimed at software developers. It operates in the developer tools and SaaS category.

1 investor

AudioFocus develops hearing aids that use acoustics-informed machine learning and custom microphone array design to enhance nearby voices and suppress distant noise, helping hearing-impaired people hear in loud environments like restaurants. It targets US adults with hearing loss in the hearing healthcare market.

1 investor

Banner builds software for commercial real estate owners and teams to manage capital spending across a property's lifecycle, consolidating communications, workflows, spreadsheets, and file-sharing into one system. It targets CRE owners aiming to reduce administrative work and project costs.

5 investors

Bayes built a data exploration and visualization tool. The company was part of Y Combinator's Summer 2019 batch and was acquired by Airtable in 2021.

3 investors

Beacons provides software tools including website hosting, email marketing, and online store capabilities for content creators to manage their businesses in one place.

14 investors

Binks is a factory-to-consumer apparel company offering made-to-measure tailoring, letting women order online, get fitted at home, and receive custom-fitted clothes such as saree blouses by delivery. It targets busy urban Indian women in India and operates on a zero-inventory, zero-returns model.

2 investors

Blair financed higher education in the US through Income Share Agreements, providing funding to students who repaid a share of their future income. The company sold all its assets in 2022 following regulatory changes in the sector.

4 investors

Blockstamp provides asset management software with analytics and fleet management dashboards for industrial equipment such as forklifts, cranes, and hoists. It serves large manufacturing companies that need to manage their equipment fleets and inform business decisions.

1 investor

Boost Biomes develops microbiome-based products using microbial community analysis to identify beneficial microbe interactions, with applications in agriculture. It operates in the biotech and agtech space.

7 investors

Bouncer provides a mobile SDK for scanning and verifying credit cards and photo IDs within apps, serving developers building payments and identity verification features. It operates in the payments and identity verification space.

1 investor

Brave Care operates kid-only primary and urgent care clinics, plus remote digital services, offering pediatric treatment for conditions like allergies, broken bones, and fevers. It positions itself as a lower-cost, faster alternative to emergency room visits for parents.

8 investors

Breadfast is an online grocery service in Egypt that delivers freshly baked bread, fresh produce, dairy, meat, and consumer packaged goods to households on-demand in under 60 minutes. It runs a vertically integrated supply chain carrying around 8,000 SKUs.

10 investors

BuildStream provides recruitment and payroll tools for construction projects hiring temporary workers, connecting employers with local workers while reducing agency fees. It serves construction clients and workers seeking faster, better-paid local jobs.

4 investors

Bun is an all-in-one JavaScript and TypeScript toolkit for building, installing, running, and testing code. It targets JavaScript and TypeScript developers aiming to speed up their development workflow.

2 investors

Canix builds compliance and operations software for cannabis businesses, helping them meet regulatory requirements and manage activities from cultivation to processing and distribution. Its ERP platform serves cannabis cultivators, processors, and distributors.

6 investors

Coco Wallet is a money app that lets users send, spend, save, and earn in stablecoin-based digital dollars, combining neobank-style features with Web3 access. It is aimed at individuals seeking borderless dollar accounts without relying on traditional banks.

3 investors

CoLab provides a design review platform for hardware engineering teams, enabling collaborative design conversations and reviews to support engineering decisions. Its offering includes AI-assisted review of 2D and 3D design files, and it serves large manufacturers including Fortune 500 companies.

14 investors