YC Banking and Exchange startups
73 Y Combinator companies in Banking and Exchange, 4 of them from the last four batches. Its share of recent batches is 0.5%, down from 0.6% in the four batches before. About 11% are AI companies by YC’s tags.
- Signal
- Open
- Since 2025
- 8 vs 4 in 2023–24
- Acquired or public
- 24%
- Listed as inactive
- 22%
Share of each batch
Banking and Exchange companies as a share of each YC batch since 2015.
Newest entrants
Of 55 Banking and Exchange companies from batches up to 2021, YC lists 12 as acquired, 1 as public, 30 as active and 12 as inactive.
- TovenAI S26 · AI agents for compliance at institutional trading firms
- ValCtrl X26 · ValCtrl is building the only intelligent prediction market
- Fenrock AI W26 · AI agents for banks
Building in Banking and Exchange?
Open problems and funding on Questd for rebuild money.
- Y Combinator · Requests for Startups
- Bessemer Venture Partners · Roadmap Investment Thesis
- General Catalyst · Five Critical Industries
- Greylock Partners · AI-First Investment Thesis
Banking and Exchange companies, newest first
73 companies
- TovenAIAI
AI agents for compliance at institutional trading firms
Summer 2026Banking and Exchange2San Francisco, CA, USA - ValCtrl
ValCtrl is building the only intelligent prediction market
Spring 2026Banking and Exchange2New York City, NY, USA - Fenrock AIAI
AI agents for banks
Winter 2026Banking and Exchange2San Francisco, CA, USA - Maywood
The first finance-compliant proactive AI that runs 24/7
Winter 2026Banking and Exchange5New York City, NY, USA - IRBCAI
AI-native financial institution for global businesses + agents.
Spring 2025Banking and Exchange3New York City, NY, USA - QFEX
24/7 Global Stock Exchange
Spring 2025Banking and Exchange14London, England, United Kingdom - Liquid ComputeAI
Pending CFTC regulation to be the first cash and physically settled…
Winter 2025Banking and Exchange5New York City, NY, USA - PAX Markets
Co-located trading facility and matching engine on one chip.
Winter 2025Banking and Exchange6San Francisco, CA, USA - Kontigo
USDC-Smart Neobank for Latinos.
Summer 2024Banking and Exchange10San Francisco, CA, USA - Givefront
Nonprofit Financial Management
Winter 2024Banking and Exchange6San Francisco, CA, USA - Fluid Markets
Invest in public companies KPIs
Winter 2023Banking and Exchange3New York City, NY, USA - Wallbit
Neobank for global remote workers
Winter 2023Banking and Exchange17Buenos Aires, CABA, Argentina - Coupl
Banking designed for Indian couples.
Summer 2022Banking and Exchange8Bengaluru, KA, India - Moneco
Neobank for African migrants in Europe
Summer 2022Banking and Exchange15Paris, Île-de-France, France - Pana
A Global Bank on Chain
Summer 2022Banking and Exchange14Miami, FL, USA - Emigre
Banking in India for Indian expats (NRIs)
Winter 2022Banking and Exchange2San Francisco, CA, USAInactive - Glep
AI-Native Spend platform built for Real Estate businesses
Winter 2022Banking and Exchange30San Francisco, CA, USA - VantedgeAIAI
FundOS — AI operations for fund managers
Winter 2022Banking and Exchange11Norwalk, CT, USA - LemFi
Fair, simple and accessible financial services
Summer 2021Banking and Exchange500London, England, United Kingdom - Levro
Multicurrency account & international payments for businesses
Summer 2021Banking and Exchange12San Francisco, CA, USA - TAG
TAG is the First Digital Bank (Chime/Revolut/N26) for Pakistan
Summer 2021Banking and Exchange100Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, PakistanInactive - trii
One stop investment solution for retail investors in Latam
Summer 2021Banking and Exchange41Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia - Truss
Truss is a banking and payments network for blue-collar trades.
Summer 2021Banking and Exchange15San Francisco, CA, USA - Broad
The multicurrency account and card for Brazilians
Winter 2021Banking and Exchange5London, England, United Kingdom
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