Two Decades of YC at a Glance: Free YC Globe Map Covers 6,100+ Startups
A free interactive map, YC Globe, covering 6,100+ startups backed by YC over two decades, explorable by batch, industry, region, and status — a roundup of its l
On September 11, 2026, X user @itsharmanjot introduced YC Globe, a free tool that maps more than 6,100 startups backed by Y Combinator onto a single interactive globe. According to the post, it covers every YC batch since Summer 2005, and notes that Reddit was one of the eight companies in that very first batch.
Image source: https://dashboard.vclense.ch/ycglobe
The post claims YC Globe holds data on 6,100+ companies, 8,300+ founders, and 150 tech mafias. The official page describes itself with the tagline "Every YC company on one living globe," and a LinkedIn repost repeats the same 6,100+ figure. These counts are the author's claims, however, and have not been independently audited.
Batch, Industry, and Founder Details in Every Dot
Each dot on the map represents a company. Clicking a dot reveals its batch, industry, and founder information, according to the post.
Coverage from Summer 2005 onward is the defining trait: readers can trace the YC lineage batch by batch or scan the makeup of a specific cohort. The format aims at what the official page calls a "living globe" exploration experience.
Filter by Batch, Industry, Region, Status, University, and Prior Employer
The core of the tool is combinable filters. The filters described in the post are batch, industry, HQ region, status (active / non-active / acquired), founder university (4,900+ institutions), and pre-YC employer.
That makes it possible to narrow down, for example, one industry within one batch, or acquired companies headquartered in a given region. The university and prior-employer filters also lend themselves to talent-network and career-path analysis. Actual filter behavior and data coverage still need to be confirmed directly on the tool page.
Free Access and Limits Worth Verifying
The post presents YC Globe as a free tool. The working address is the official YCGlobe page (dashboard.vclense.ch/ycglobe) found via search, since the original post contains no clickable external URL — access should be re-verified at the asset stage.
As supporting context for the scale claim, VCBacked lists 6,302 YC companies as of September 2026. Whether the tool is free with no sign-up rests on the post's "free" wording alone, so its pricing page still needs a follow-up check.
Sources
- YCGlobe official page: Every YC company on one living globe
- Original X post by @itsharmanjot: YC Globe introduction post (2026-09-11)