Earlier today, Y Combinator, the well-known Silicon Valley startup accelerator, hosted its legendary Demo Day. It’s a chance for its exclusive batch of companies to pitch in front of a slate of top-tier investors in hopes of securing further funding to fuel growth.

According to YC managing director Michael Seibel, the Winter 2022 cohort features 414 startups out of a whopping 17,000 applicants. Beyond the U.S., the top countries represented are India (32), Nigeria (18), Indonesia (16), Canada (16), UK (13), Singapore (10), Mexico (10) and Colombia (7).

Out of the Canadian companies, three are based in British Columbia. Here they are.

Instant Domains

• Founded by Beau Hartshorne and Dirkjan Ochtman

• Location: Victoria, B.C.

Mobile-first domains for businesses and creators

Instant Domains is the easiest way to move a business online. In less time than it takes to create a social media profile, businesses can buy a domain, launch a site and start collecting revenue. » Read more at YC.

Trueplace

• Founded by Jovan Choongh and Karan Grover

• Location: Vancouver, B.C.

Making homeownership possible

Trueplace invests with first-time homebuyers to purchase their dream home. The company provides a portion of the down payment in exchange for a share of the future capital appreciation of the home. » Read more at YC.

Spade

• Founded by Cooper Hart and Oban MacTavish

• Location: Vancouver, B.C.

Universal financial transaction data enrichment

Spade is a universal transaction enrichment API. With a single API call, it takes raw transaction data and adds normalized merchant identities, categories, granular geo data and more. The firm allows fintech companies to underwrite, identify fraud, understand their customers, and build faster than ever before. » Read more at YC.

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