YC Apparel and Cosmetics startups
49 Y Combinator companies in Apparel and Cosmetics, 0 of them from the last four batches. Its share of recent batches is 0%, down from 0.2% in the four batches before. About 11% are AI companies by YC’s tags.
- Signal
- Open
- Since 2025
- 1 vs 1 in 2023–24
- Acquired or public
- 9%
- Listed as inactive
- 47%
Share of each batch
Apparel and Cosmetics companies as a share of each YC batch since 2015.
Newest entrants
Of 45 Apparel and Cosmetics companies from batches up to 2021, YC lists 4 as acquired, 0 as public, 20 as active and 21 as inactive.
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- Pathlight Ventures · Request for Startups 2026
- Startup Wise Guys · Up to €100,000 (fintech up to €150,000)
- Andreessen Horowitz · Big Ideas 2026
- Index Ventures · Investment Focus 2026
Apparel and Cosmetics companies, newest first
49 companies
- Retrofit
A vintage marketplace curated by AI
Winter 2025Apparel and Cosmetics2New York City, NY, USA - FetchrAI
The Personal Shopper in Your Pocket
Winter 2023Apparel and Cosmetics4San Francisco, CA, USAInactive - CAPSULEAI
Buy anything you find on social media
Summer 2022Apparel and Cosmetics4San Francisco, CA, USAInactive - WANTD
A direct to consumer marketplace and influencer network for brands
Winter 2022Apparel and Cosmetics4Los Angeles, CA, USA - SocoAI
Visual AI shopping
Summer 2021Apparel and CosmeticsNew York City, NY, USA - Dressd
Make infinite $$$ off of clothes in your closet without selling them
Winter 2021Apparel and Cosmetics1Los Angeles, CA, USAInactive - Lygg
Building New Anti-Aging Ingredients for Skincare
Winter 2021Apparel and Cosmetics1San Francisco, CA, USA - Queenly
Leading marketplace for formalwear
Winter 2021Apparel and Cosmetics13San Francisco, CA, USAInactive - SockSoho
Building world's largest men fashion brand powered by technology
Summer 2020Apparel and Cosmetics22San Francisco, CA, USA - Riya Collective
Riya Collective is building the first community-driven global…
Winter 2020Apparel and Cosmetics6San Francisco, CA, USAInactive - The Mercer Club
The Mercer Club is a subscription service that allows men to rent…
Winter 2020Apparel and Cosmetics2New York City, NY, USAInactive - Adla
Department store for e-commerce
Summer 2019Apparel and Cosmetics3Charlotte, NC, USAInactive - Binks
A zero inventory, zero returns factory-to-consumer apparel company
Summer 2019Apparel and Cosmetics70Bengaluru, KA, India - Fit to Form
Fit to Form is a site where women shop for dresses based on their…
Summer 2019Apparel and Cosmetics2San Francisco, CA, USAInactive - Hype and Vice
Fashionable college, NBA and MLS apparel.
Summer 2019Apparel and Cosmetics55Los Angeles, CA, USA - Short StoryAI
Modern ecommerce for petite women
Summer 2019Apparel and Cosmetics120San Francisco, CA, USA - PerShop
Your personal clothing store!
Winter 2019Apparel and Cosmetics2San Francisco, CA, USAInactive - FREY
FREY is a line of exceptional laundry and clothing care products.…
Summer 2018Apparel and Cosmetics3CA, USAInactive - Honeylove
Honeylove makes functional undergarments for women
Summer 2018Apparel and Cosmetics100Los Angeles, CA, USA - LUS Brands
Hair care products for curly hair.
Winter 2018Apparel and Cosmetics20Toronto, ON, Canada - Secured
Tools for Sneaker, NFT & web3 investors
Winter 2018Apparel and Cosmetics12London, England, United KingdomInactive - And Comfort
And Comfort is a direct to consumer fashion brand.
Summer 2017Apparel and Cosmetics2San Francisco, CA, USAInactive - VIDA & Co.
Platform for unique products produced on-demand at mass-scale
Summer 2017Apparel and Cosmetics11San Francisco, CA, USAAcquired - Curtsy
Curtsy is a sustainable clothing resale app.
Summer 2016Apparel and Cosmetics15San Francisco, CA, USA
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