The wait's over! 🥁
Here are the companies (based in US & Canada) led by South Asian founders from @ycombinator's W22 cohort!

@reality2023 (AI, SaaS, Deepfake Detection, Security, Privacy)

A user-friendly, no-code platform allowing companies to scan for fake content within media (audio, video and images)

📍New York

🔗 https://www.realitydefender.ai/

Eventual (SaaS, ML, Data Engineering)

Data Warehouse for Computer Vision

📍 San Francisco

🔗 https://www.eventualcomputing.com

@BByCares (Medical Device, Healthcare, Health Tech)

BBy powders breast milk that's immunologically active & lasts 6 months

📍 New York

🔗  http://www.bbymilk.com

@getkarate (API, SaaS, Developer Tools)

Open-core solution unifying API & UI test automation

 📍 Wilmington, DE

🔗 https://karatelabs.io

@AirMyneCO2 (Hardware, Climate Tech, Carbon Capture & Removal)

CO2 removal from air at industrial scale

📍 Berkeley, CA

🔗 http://www.airmyne.com

Plover Parametrics (Satellite, Insurance, Climate)

Climate change insurance that pays out immediately.

📍 San Francisco

🔗 https://plover.insure 

@getwantd (Marketplace, E-Commerce)

The first sneaker marketplace built for power resellers

📍 Los Angeles

🔗 http://getwantd.com

Fleek (B2B, Marketplace, E-Commerce)

A B2B marketplace for wholesale second-hand fashion

📍 San Francisco

🔗 https://www.joinfleek.com/

Attain (E-Commerce, Supply Chai, B2B, SaaS, Marketplace)

Faire for Convenience Stores

📍 Berkeley, CA

🔗 https://www.joinattain.com/

CypherD Wallet (FinTech, DeFi, Blockchain)

Multi-Chain Crypto Wallet with a Crypto Debit Card

📍 Mill Creek, WA

🔗 https://cypherd.io/

@usebracket (Data Engineering, B2B, SaaS)

Rich, complete data without internal tools

📍 Los Angeles

🔗 https://www.usebracket.com/

re-mint (E-Commerce, B2B, Marketplace)

Official secondhand marketplaces for fashion brands

📍San Francisco

🔗 https://re-mint.com/

Nimbus 

Frictionless and powerful cloud dev environments

📍 San Francisco

🔗 http://www.usenimbus.com

Arintra (SaaS, B2B, Healthcare, Health Tech, Digital Health)

Smart assistant for doctors to automate documentation and coding

📍 Austin, TX

🔗 https://arintra.com

Demo Gorilla (SaaS)

Browser extension tells sales teams what to say

📍 San Francisco

🔗 https://demogorilla.com/

@SubscriptionFL (FinTech, SaaS, AIOps)

AI based Customizable Subscription & Revenue Management Platform

📍 San Francisco

🔗 http://www.subscriptionflow.com

@Finnt_Official 

Decentralized Finance & Crypto for Families

📍 Miami, FL

🔗 https://finnt.com

@cloudeagleai (Productivity, AI, SaaS)

SaaS Research and Procurement Platform

📍 Palo Alto, CA

🔗 https://www.cloudeagle.ai

@livedocshq (Productivity, Analytics, SaaS)

No-code analytics tool for modern teams

📍 San Francisco

🔗 https://livedocs.com

LunaJoy (Digital Health, Mental Health Tech)

Precision mental health care for women

📍 Atlanta, GA

🔗 http://hellolunajoy.com/

@TaktileTech (SaaS, B2B, Analytics)

No-code workflow analytics

📍 Chicago, IL

🔗 https://www.takt.tech/ 

@snippyly (API, Dev Tools, Remote Work, SaaS, Collaboration)

APIs to make your app multiplayer, just like Figma.

📍 San Francisco

🔗 https://snippyly.com

@withcomplete (B2B, SaaS, HR Tech)

The complete way to do compensation

📍 San Francisco

🔗 https://complete.so

PermitFlow (PropTech, GovTech, Construction)

TurboTax for Construction Permitting

📍San Jose, CA

🔗 http://www.permitflow.com

@EarnJarvis (FinTech, Cryptocurrency, DeFi)

Premium crypto platform, automating asset & yield management

📍 San Francisco

🔗 https://www.earnjarvis.com/

@MagnaTokens 

Carta for Web3: token vesting and DeFi investment management.

📍 New York

🔗 https://magna.so

@StackshineSaaS (SaaS, B2B, API, Subscriptions, Enterprise)

Automating all IT operations

📍 Los Angeles, CA

🔗 https://www.stackshine.com

Placid Money (Consumer, FinTech)

Lower interest rates on existing credit cards

📍 New York

🔗 https://placid.money

Sophys Health (AI-Enhanced Learning, SaaS, Healthcare)

Analytics Platform for EHR data

📍 San Francisco

🔗  https://www.sophyshealth.com/

@ReadAzuki (Subscriptions, Entertainment)

Japanese comic subscription service

📍 San Francisco

🔗 https://www.azuki.co

@0xMysterious (Community, Blockchain, NFT)

Discord for Web3 Communities

📍 San Francisco

🔗 https://mysterious.io

@CashmereWallet (Cryptocurrency, Blockchain)

Crypto wallet for web3 startups

📍 San Francisco

🔗 https://cashmere.finance/

@reviving_mind (Digital Health, Telemedicine, Healthcare, Consumer Health Services)

Addressing Loneliness and Isolation for Seniors

📍Boston

🔗 https://www.revivingmind.com/

Vista (DevSecOps, Security, Dev Tools)

Enable role-based access across customer groups

📍 Los Angeles, CA

🔗 https://www.govista.io/#/

@criyaco (SaaS)

Empowering creators, Enabling your business

📍 San Jose, CA

🔗 https://criya.co

@emigre_us (Neobank, Consumer, FinTech)

Banking in India for Indian expats (NRIs)

📍 Palo Alto, CA

🔗 http://www.emigre.us/

@Ankr_us (AI, Telehealth, B2B)

Full-stack patient support platform for cancer clinics

📍 San Francisco

🔗 https://ankr.us

Iron Leap (FinOps, SaaS, Customer Success, Analytics, Data Engineering)

Operations on Autopilot

📍 San Francisco

🔗 https://ironleap.io

@get_atlas_io (SaaS, B2B)

All-in-one customer support platform built for product insights

📍 Dublin, CA

🔗 https://www.getatlas.io/

Corveus Medical (Medical Device)

Catheter-based device to treat heart failure.

📍 Houston, TX

🔗 https://www.corveusmedical.com/


DynamoFL (ML, Privacy, Data Engineering)

Simplified model training across privacy-critical datasets

📍 San Francisco

🔗 https://dynamofl.com

@nyckelai (Deep Learning, ML, AIOps)

The machine learning API for non-experts

📍 California

🔗 https://www.nyckel.com

Blaze (Analytics, SaaS, B2B)

Product insights from customer support data

📍 San Francisco

🔗 https://withblaze.app/

@BrownFoods1 (Climate, Biotech, Cellular Agriculture)

Making 'REAL' Milk without any Cows!

📍 Boston, MA

🔗 http://brownfoods.in/

Craniometrix

We screen for cognitive impairment - all from your cellphone!

📍 San Francisco

🔗 https://craniometrix.com

@8vdxOfficial (Marketplace, FinTech)

AngelList for venture debt

📍 Norwalk, CT

🔗 http://www.8vdx.com

@sievedata (AI, ML, Computer Vision, Dev Tools, Data Engineering)

AI Infrastructure for Video

📍 Berkeley, CA

🔗 https://sievedata.com/

@securewithstrac (Compliance, API, Enterprise, Security, SaaS)

Detect & Mask Sensitive Personal Data

📍 Bellevue, WA

🔗 https://www.strac.io/

@alfieformen (Telemedicine, Digital Health)

Men's health, starting with weight loss.

📍 New York

🔗 http://www.joinalfie.com

@mederva (Healthcare, Teleheatlh, Consumer Health Services)

US medical expertise for doctors around the world.

📍 San Francisco

🔗 https://medervahealth.com/

@betterbankapp (DeFi, Consumer, Web3, FinTech, Neobank)

Family of Fintech Brands built on a shared stack

📍 New York

🔗 https://betterfinancial.xyz/

Serif Health (SaaS, HealthTech, Analytics, Healthcare, Digital Health)

Price transparency and analytics software for healthcare providers

📍 Los Angeles, CA

🔗 https://www.serifhealth.com

@KorrAITech (Climate, AI)

Simplifying satellite data for mining

📍 Canada

🔗 https://www.korrai.com

Trueplace (FinTech, PropTech)

Making homeownership possible.

📍 Vancouver, Canada

🔗 https://www.trueplacehomes.com

@ArmillaAI (ML, AI, RegTech)

Quality Assurance platform for Machine Learning Systems.

📍 Toronto, Canada

🔗 http://www.armilla.ai

Agentnoon

Collaborative People Planning

📍 Toronto, Canada

🔗 https://agentnoon.com

@HyperbeamAPI (API, Collaboration, Dev Tools)

API for shared embeddable web browsers

📍 Waterloo, Canada

🔗 https://www.hyperbeam.dev

@WeRenoHQ (Payments, ProTech, FinTech)

Fast and secure renovation payments

📍 Toronto, Canada

🔗  https://wereno.com

Check out our previous post highlighting companies based in South Asia 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
https://twitter.com/chaicapital/status/1509953381736931335

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🔥 YC W22 DEMO DAY ROUNDUP 🔥

@ycombinator's W22 batch just wrapped up their demo day this week and we're so excited to highlight the South Asian founders and companies from the cohort. Check out the thread for some stats and individual highlights of companies.

First, some stats:

💥 17,000 companies applied to W22
💥 414 companies total, 394 presented
💥 10% female founders
💥 15% South Asian founders
💥 36 companies from South Asia with 32 from India and 4 from Pakistan
💥 59 US based companies with South Asian founders

We'll kick it off by highlighting South Asia based founders first! 👇🏽

@YodaaClub (Web3, Fintech)

Savings-First NeoBank for GenZ in India

📍India

🔗 https://yodaa.club/in/

@ArdaFinance (Crypto, Fintech, Blockchain)

Banking as a Service for DeFi
A single API for fintechs to embed DeFi products on their platform.

📍India

🔗 https://arda.finance

@JananiLife (Consumer Health, Fertility Tech)

Home diagnostic & subscription program for people with sperm and ovary

📍 India

🔗 https://www.janani.life/

@harmoney_in (Marketplace, B2B, Fintech)

Bond trading platform for institutions and asset managers in India

📍 India

🔗 https://www.harmoney.in/ 

Vance (Fintech)

pipe.com for India. We help companies unlock their recurring revenue upfront.

📍 India

🔗 https://vance.tech

NinjaStudy (E-learning, Education, AI-Enhanced Learning)

Your Personal English AI Tutor Friend

📍 India 

🔗 https://www.tryninjastudy.com/

@fieldproxy (Productivity, SaaS)

Retool for 20 Million Field Teams. Our no-code application allows organizations to build internal mobile applications to manage field teams of any size.

📍 India

🔗 http://fieldproxy.com/ 

@shopr_tv (Consumer, Creator Economy, Marketplace, E-Commerce)

Creator Led Live Commerce for India. We are Twitch for fashion and beauty, where creators can broadcast, build an audience, and monetize by selling over live streams.

📍 India

🔗 https://shopr.tv/

@91Sqft 

We build physical retail stores for big brands

📍 India

🔗 https://www.91squarefeet.com/

@CastledHQ (Data Engineering, SaaS)

Activate data from your warehouse into business apps (Reverse ETL) 

📍 India

🔗 https://castled.io/ 

Streak (Fintech)

A neo-banking platform for children in India

📍 India

🔗 https://www.streakcard.com/

RedBrick AI (ML, AI Ops, Healthcare)

Rapid medical data annotation

📍 India

🔗 https://redbrickai.com

@BharatX_IN (B2B, Fintech)

Enable White-labelled Buy Now Pay Later in under 2 hours.

📍 India

🔗 https://bharatx.tech/

@Rekord47783205 (Fintech, B2B, SaaS)

One-stop solution to manage all business data, workflows, and teams for SMBs on their mobile devices & in their local languages.

📍 India

🔗 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.foodmonk.rekordapp 

@saltpe_ (Fintech, SaaS, B2B)

B2B Cross-Border Payment & Compliance Platform

📍 India

🔗 https://salt.pe 

InsureMyTeam (Insurance, Healthcare, Health Insurance)

Employee Health Insurance and Primary Care for Companies in India

📍 India

🔗 https://www.insuremyteam.com 

Tingo (Social Media, Video, Entertainment, Consumer Social)

Android phone dialer app for young people

📍 India

🔗 https://mytingo.io 

@EdustackAi (SaaS, Education)

Ed-tech SaaS platform that is building the OS for 100 million K-12 classrooms.

📍 India

🔗 https://www.edustack.ai

@KaagazS (SaaS, Productivity, Design Tools)

'Office' Suite for Mobile-first Businesses in India

📍 India

🔗 https://www.kaagaz.app 

@RequestlyIO (API, SaaS, Developer Tools)

Test & Debug Web and Mobile Applications for different API errors

📍 India

🔗 https://requestly.io

PayCrunch

PayCrunch provides UPI based Pay Later option to College students.

📍 India

🔗 https://paycrunch.in

Blitzllama (SaaS)

A toolbox to collect and analyse in-app user feedback

📍 India

🔗 https://www.blitzllama.com/

Legistify (B2B, SaaS, Marketplace)

Helps large Indian companies manage and resolve small legal disputes.

📍 India

🔗 https://www.legistify.com

AntWalk (E-Learning, Enterprise, Education)

An employee up-skilling platform for fast growing companies

📍 India

🔗 https://www.antwalk.com/

@SaveINMoney (Healthcare, Fintech)

Buy now, Pay later for healthcare in India

📍India

🔗 https://www.savein.money/

@materialdepot (PropTech, B2B, SaaS, Marketplace, Construction)

Search Engine, workflow automation for Architectural & Design industry

📍 India

🔗 https://materialdepot.in/

@telematica_so (B2B, API, Electric Vehicles)

API and data platform for Electric Vehicles

📍 India

🔗 https://telematica.so

Fello (Consumer, Fintech, Gaming)

Game-based savings and investment application for the gen-z and young millennials of India to save play and earn returns more than a traditional savings bank account.

📍 India

🔗 https://fello.in

@OureyeA (Computer Vision, SaaS, Analytics)

Automatically analyse security cameras with Computer Vision

📍 India

🔗 https://www.oureye.ai/

@Better_Opinions (Fintech, Gaming, B2B, Consumer)

Prediction market of India which allows users to trade their opinion on everyday topics

📍 India

🔗 https://betteropinions.in/

@gosatsapp (Payments, Blockchain, Crypto, Fintech, E-Commerce)

GoSats helps you earn free bitcoin when you shop in India.

📍 India

🔗 https://gosats.io

@TradeXApp (Fintech, Gaming, Consumer)

Exchange to trade on future events.

📍 India

🔗 http://tradexapp.co/

Mahaana Wealth

Mahaana is first & only licensed digital wealth manager in Pakistan.

📍 Pakistan

🔗 http://mahaana.com

Rider (B2B, E-Commerce, Logistics)

Modern parcel delivery for online sellers in Pakistan.

📍 Pakistan

🔗 http://withrider.com

@ElphinstoneCap (SaaS, Fintech)

Robo-advisory platform for Pakistan. We're building the equivalent of 401ks for Pakistan as the first step towards building a comprehensive wealth management platform for the country

📍 Pakistan

🔗 https://elphinstone.com.pk/

Markaz Technologies (Marketplace, E-Commerce)

Reselling marketplace for social media entrepreneurs in Pakistan

📍 Pakistan

🔗  https://www.markaz.app


NEXT UP:

US Based companies with South Asian founders 💥 

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