Companies75
Active39%
Acquired or public36%
Inactive25%
Y Combinator's directory lists 75 companies in the Winter 2014 batch: 29 Active, 26 Acquired, 1 Public and 19 Inactive. 25% of Winter 2014 is listed Inactive, against 23% across YC batches at least two years old, close to the YC average.
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Statuses are Y Combinator's own listing in its public company directory, read on the date shown. YC's directory can drop companies altogether, so the Inactive counts here are a floor, not a full count of companies that stopped. Acquired and Public are as YC lists them; neither says anything about the price or the outcome for founders.
What the directory lists about Winter 2014
- By the industry YC files each company under: B2B 37, Consumer 19, Industrials 5, Fintech 4, Unspecified 4, Education 2, Healthcare 2, Real Estate and Construction 2.
- Where 74 of the 75 companies say they are based, by the first location each lists: San Francisco, CA, USA (30), San Francisco (13), New York City, NY (7), Los Angeles, CA, USA (2), New York City, NY, USA (2), Toronto, ON, Canada (2), Austin, TX, USA (1), Celje, Slovenia (1), and 16 other places.
- YC marks 5 companies from this batch as top companies: Algolia, Bellabeat, Cruise, Flexport and Weave.
- Earlier names on the entries: Avametric (earlier Bespoke); Axoni (earlier TradeBlock); Camperoo (earlier Futureleague); Chargehound (earlier Beacon); DevCycle (earlier Taplytics); Dyspatch (earlier Sendwithus); Futureleague (earlier Camperoo); GBatteries (earlier BatteryOS and ActiveBMS); Guesty (earlier SuperHost); Liftigniter (earlier Petametrics); MBX (earlier Memebox); PipelineDB (earlier Stride API); Theorem (earlier Algorithmic Lending and Theorem LP); Unicornly (earlier Vouchpop); Weave (earlier Weave Communications); and 1 more.
Every company in Winter 2014
| Company | What they do | Status | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Analytics stack for omnichannel retailers and brands | Active | — |
| AirHelp | AirHelp helps air passengers get compensation for delayed, cancelled… | Active | 350 |
| Algolia | A developer-friendly and enterprise-grade search API. | Active | 810 |
| Ambition | Coaching and gamification software for sales teams. | Active | 55 |
| AptDeco | AptDeco is the easiest way to buy and sell used furniture | Active | — |
| Bellabeat | Tech-powered women's wellness. | Active | 134 |
| Cambly | On-demand access to English tutors over video chat. | Active | 200 |
| CareMessage | Patient engagement for low-income populations | Active | 45 |
| CodeCombat | Game that teaches computer science to middle and high school kids. | Active | 45 |
| CodeNow | Our mission is to diversify the talent pipeline of students who… | Active | 2 |
| Dyspatch | AI Email Production - Emails on brand, guaranteed to work, fast. | Active | 20 |
| Emailio | Email built for wellness | Active | 5 |
| Flexport | Platform for global logistics. | Active | 3000 |
| GBatteries | Enabling li-ion batteries to charge ultra fast without compromising… | Active | 25 |
| Guesty | The management platform for the short term rental industry. | Active | 700 |
| Immunity Project | The free HIV vaccine. | Active | 11 |
| MBX | A global multi-brand beauty and personal care startup. | Active | 150 |
| MixerBox | AI Super-Apps to Live Easier | The anything anytime superapps… | Active | 30 |
| Noora Health | Training patients and their families with health skills | Active | 500 |
| One Degree | One Degree is a nonprofit organization that makes it easy for… | Active | 14 |
| OpenCurriculum | Helping K-12 teachers and school administrators build awesome… | Active | — |
| PiinPoint | PiinPoint helps businesses find the best locations for growth | Active | 20 |
| Povio | Engineering and Design that Fuels Startup Success | Active | 250 |
| Pushbullet | Push things to your other things. | Active | 3 |
| Shoobs | We help you find and book tickets to great entertainment events that… | Active | 5 |
| Snapdocs | digital mortgage closing | Active | 285 |
| TrueVault | We make Privacy Software for SMBs. | Active | — |
| Zidisha | Direct P2P lending across the international wealth divide. | Active | 1 |
| Zinc | The secret backbone of e-commerce. | Active | 10 |
| Abacus | Making expense reports obsolete | Acquired | 30 |
| Avametric | Simulate clothes on your body. | Acquired | 11 |
| Axoni | Axoni is building the next generation of capital markets technology | Acquired | 155 |
| Boostable | Advertising platform tools for marketplace sellers. | Acquired | 11 |
| Chargehound | Automate your chargeback dispute process. (Acquired by PayPal) | Acquired | 13 |
| Cruise | Self-driving cars. | Acquired | 3000 |
| DevCycle | Feature Flag Management Built for Developers | Acquired | 55 |
| Eventjoy | Fee-free ticketing, optimized for mobile. | Acquired | 2 |
| Framed Data | Predicted churn for enterprises. (Acquired by Block) | Acquired | 2 |
| Gobble | Daily meal delivery, personalized to your tastes. | Acquired | 73 |
| Kimono Labs | Create APIs where they don't exist. With kimono you can quickly… | Acquired | 11 |
| Kuna Systems | We're making a smart, front door camera with intercom that lets you… | Acquired | 11 |
| Liftigniter | Machine Learning personalization for dynamic digital properties -… | Acquired | 11 |
| Motionlead | Animated mobile ads. | Acquired | 11 |
| Next Caller | Next Caller creates a positive customer experience through real-time… | Acquired | 20 |
| PipelineDB | Open-source time-series data analytics extension for PostgreSQL | Acquired | 2 |
| Rickshaw | Same day local delivery, via API. Currently operating in SF. | Acquired | 11 |
| Rocketrip | Rocketrip helps companies save money on travel expenses by aligning… | Acquired | 68 |
| SketchDeck | Operating system for creative agencies | Acquired | 20 |
| StackLead | Lead intelligence as a service. We want to be your personal lead… | Acquired | 2 |
| Theorem | The mission of Theorem is to make credit safe and available. We use… | Acquired | 34 |
| Two Tap | Two Tap connects retailers to companies that want to sell their… | Acquired | 11 |
| Unbabel | AI-powered Language Operations platform | Acquired | 350 |
| Vidpresso | Help media companies make quality live video. [Acquired by Facebook] | Acquired | 7 |
| Wit.ai | Natural Language for Developers --Wit is an API that makes it easy… | Acquired | 11 |
| Zesty | Zesty serves delicious, healthy meals from the best local restaurants… | Acquired | 51 |
| Weave | Customer communication and payments platform. | Public | 600 |
| AirPair | Instant access to the world's best software experts via video chat… | Inactive | 2 |
| Awesometalk | Free video calling without the hassle. | Inactive | 2 |
| Camperoo | Engineering and Programming for Kids 6-12 with a focus on creativity,… | Inactive | 10 |
| Dating Ring | In person matchmaking meets group dating. We do the work. You go on… | Inactive | 2 |
| Drive Pulse | Device tracks & monitors your car | Inactive | 2 |
| Edyn | Nest for lawn and garden | Inactive | 2 |
| Futureleague | Engineering and Programming for Kids 6-12 with a focus on creativity,… | Inactive | 10 |
| HoverChat | Message without interrupting what you're doing | Inactive | 11 |
| MadeSolid | Functional 3D printing materials. | Inactive | 2 |
| MerryMint | Virtual activities for remote teams | Inactive | 1 |
| Move Loot | Move Loot is the most convenient and economical way to buy and sell… | Inactive | 51 |
| Shopagram | Next Generation Home Shopping Network | Inactive | 1 |
| Style Lend | Marketplace for Luxury Fashion Rentals. | Inactive | 2 |
| Terravion | Real time Google Earth for agriculture -- imagery collected weekly… | Inactive | 11 |
| Threadable | Mailing lists 2.0. Threadable makes group email less noisy and more… | Inactive | 2 |
| Unicornly | Unicorn.ly makes fundraising more efficient for both angel investors… | Inactive | 2 |
| Whirlscape | Mobile keyboards + emoji + deep learning. We make Dango. We also made… | Inactive | 3 |
| Yumbin | App replaces office vending. | Inactive | — |
| ZowPow | Wireless toy game controllers for mobile games. | Inactive | 2 |
How this is measured
Measured 2026-11-10 from Y Combinator's company directory. Team size is the number YC lists for the company, where it lists one. Survival here means listed Active; Acquired and Public are shown separately because YC's listing does not say whether an acquisition was a good outcome.
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