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Heron

Active · Underwriting automation for small business finance

WebsiteYC profile

Why it ranks

How the rank works
15signal of 100 · rising 3
  • team of 60Team size · YC's directory+9.3
  • went through YCProgram · this site+4
  • hiringHiring · Titles (titles.fru.dev), YC+2

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Competitors

AITwo DotsShared: underwriting automation, fraud, consumerYC S22San FranciscoStartup →AIHandledShared: still spend, spend hour, financeYC S24New York CityStartup →AIDraftPilot.aiShared: minute instead, hour500 Global Distro 1United KingdomStartup →AICapsule AIShared: minute instead, workBetaworks AI Camp: Agent SystemsStartup →AIGalileo SpaceShared: minute instead, days, hourspeedrun SR007Los AngelesStartup →
Companies closest to Heron
Company
Two DotsShared: underwriting automation, fraud, consumerYC S22ActiveAI
HandledShared: still spend, spend hour, financeYC S24ActiveAI
DraftPilot.aiShared: minute instead, hour500 Global Distro 1Not statedAI
Capsule AIShared: minute instead, workBetaworks AI Camp: Agent SystemsNot statedAI
Galileo SpaceShared: minute instead, days, hourspeedrun SR007Not statedAI

Adjacent

OtherEmbrokerShared: insurance policy, underwritten, work500 Global 2015United StatesStartup →OtherBrizaShared: insurance policy, underwriting, small500 Global 2020United StatesStartup →OtherBlockReShared: insurance policy, underwriting, offersPlug and PlayUnited StatesStartup →AIGovGuardShared: still spend, spend hourYC X26Startup →OtherKayumShared: insurance policy, consumer500 Global 2018MexicoStartup →
Companies next to Heron
Company
EmbrokerShared: insurance policy, underwritten, work500 Global 2015Not statedOther
BrizaShared: insurance policy, underwriting, small500 Global 2020Not statedOther
BlockReShared: insurance policy, underwriting, offersPlug and Play Not statedOther
GovGuardShared: still spend, spend hourYC X26ActiveAI
KayumShared: insurance policy, consumer500 Global 2018Not statedOther

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About Heron

Heron is on a mission to eliminate the underwriting tax on American businesses. When a consumer applies for credit, a spinning wheel can return an offer in seconds; when a business applies for a loan or insurance policy, humans still spend hours reading documents, verifying the business, detecting fraud, and deciding what to offer. Heron does that work in software: lenders, insurers, and credit brokers send applications in and get declines and offers out in minutes instead of days. We have underwritten roughly 1 in 8 US employer businesses in the past year. That scale allows us to go beyond what any individual could ever do: identify cross-customer signals across millions of businesses to build new data products, and ultimately become the data layer for private businesses in the US. Backed by Insight Partners and Y Combinator.

YC batch
S20 · Summer 2020
Status, per YC
Active
Category
AI
Team size
60
Location
New York City, NY, USA
Checked
7h ago

YC tags: Fintech, SaaS, B2B, AI

Heron in S20: 209 companies, 28% AI

Heron: questions

Which YC batch was Heron in?

Heron was in Y Combinator's Summer 2020 batch (S20).

Is Heron still active?

Y Combinator lists Heron as active.

Where is Heron based?

Heron lists New York City, NY, USA as its location on YC's directory.