leo naganoA map of YC companies around the world. Discover YC startups by city, batch, and industry. This is a white label version of FoundersAround.
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When I launched FoundersAround here on PH a while back (#2 of the day), I honestly thought of it as a small “vibe-coded” project. It turned into a fun project I've been working on for the last 2 months: 400+ founders signed up from 60+ countries, more than 7k users, founders meeting each other in person and some famous founders joined the platform and gave me incredible feedback like @chrismessina @rauchg @sab8a @searchbound @damonchen and many many others That gave me the idea to to try a spinoff thing: white label versions of the map. I'm starting with this one, mapping all YC companies in the same style. Last week I soft launched it on HN and it unexpectedly hit #5 on the frontpage, bringing in 3,000 users and a sponsorship deal in the first 24h. I'm looking forward to feedback and what I could do next to bring more value to this specific map.
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I’ve always wanted a simple way to see which YC startups are nearby. This looks like a great tool for startups discovery! Love this idea & Congrats!
Great idea. Really cool. I’d be happy to set up meetings with other indie hackers/VCs or just any cool people in the tech space.
AMAZING PRODUCT!!! This is useful for early-stage entrepreneurs and VCs interested in investing in early-stage startups. In addition, you can also see future technology trends, industry trends and entrepreneurial opportunities.
Congrats on the launch and the product! This will be super useful to early-stage founders looking to network 🔥
Good idea! So founders can now connect with on the VC level and brainstorm their funded projects :)
About YC Companies Map on Product Hunt
“A map of yc companies around the world”
YC Companies Map launched on Product Hunt on September 10th, 2025 and earned 184 upvotes and 14 comments, placing #7 on the daily leaderboard. A map of YC companies around the world. Discover YC startups by city, batch, and industry. This is a white label version of FoundersAround.
YC Companies Map was featured in Marketing (462.7k followers) and Maps (12.8k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 72.2k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
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