YC World Is Redefining How Companies Detect and Respond to Risk — Here’s Why
Verifying counterparties without the right tools? Let’s be honest — it’s getting harder every single day.
New companies appear constantly. People have cross-border links and assets. Some turn out to be sanctioned or politically exposed. In this environment, due diligence isn’t optional — it’s essential.
That’s where YC World comes in.
Our mission is simple: to make business and government ecosystems transparent, trustworthy, and open.
We want to share a few insights from our research — and show how our clients are already solving some of the toughest compliance and investigative challenges using YC World.
Challenges Our Clients Have Solved with YC World
We regularly survey our users to understand how YC World fits into their workflow.
Here are a few common challenges they’ve overcome — do any sound familiar?
✔️ Limited visibility across borders
“We couldn’t verify ownership links in different jurisdictions.”
YC World consolidates data from 70+ countries and 350 public sources in one place — with a graphical visualisation that shows how companies and individuals connect across borders. Every data point is traceable back to its official source, ensuring full transparency.
✔️ Need for historical context
“We needed to know who owned what — and when.”
YC World gives access to archival records dating back to the 1920s — well beyond what most public registers can provide. For investigators, journalists, and compliance teams, that historical depth often changes the story.
✔️ Hidden connections that don’t show up in standard checks
YC World helps uncover relationships through shared addresses, accountants, and directors — the subtle indicators that can reveal hidden ownership or conflicts of interest.
✔️ Time-consuming verification processes
YC World users report that they have dramatically cut their verification time. Instead of switching between dozens of registries, compliance officers, lawyers, and investigators can focus on what matters most: analysis, not admin.
✔️ Risk analytics
What our clients value most is Automated Risk Analysis. Based on the overall profile of a counterparty, YC World highlights areas that require closer attention. It evaluates counterparties up to the third ownership level, covering geographical exposure, PEPs, and sanctions risks.
5 Reasons Organisations Choose YC World
Every client values something different, but here are the top five reasons they choose us again and again:
1️⃣ Breadth, depth, and accuracy of data
YC World brings together data on companies and individuals across different countries, their assets and ultimate beneficial owners, personal property (such as yachts and aircraft), and sanctions mentions.
The depth of connections? YC World enables you to explore multiple layers of connections between individuals through an infinite graph. The depth of link analysis depends solely on your computer’s capacity.
2️⃣ Іntuitive interface and API integration
We offer training to help clients get the most out of the system (even though the interface is intuitive and easy to navigate). You can also integrate the YC World API into your own platform to speed up your workflow.
3️⃣ Creating your own projects within the system
Do you want to turn an article, investigation, or any other text about a counterparty into an insightful graph in the system?
Simply paste the text, upload a file, or add a link in YC World. You can create your own research projects within the system, share access with colleagues, and group different entities.
4️⃣ Data security
Only you can see your search queries in your personal dashboard. Users can also check the sources YC World relies on — completely legal and fully transparent.
5️⃣ Client-centric approach
YC World is a client-focused team. Our support team is always on hand to keep your tasks uninterrupted.
Why read about it when you can experience it?
Join a live demo and see how YC World can transform your due diligence and risk analysis processes.
FAQ
1. What is YC World?
YC World is a global risk intelligence platform that maps ownership, affiliations, and sanctions exposure across 70+ countries.
2. Who uses it?
Compliance, Risk, Legal, Procurement, Security, Intelligence teams, as well as banks, corporates, government agencies, NGOs, and investigative organisations.
3. What problems does YC World solve?
It helps detect hidden ownership, assess counterparty risks, prevent sanctions violations, and investigate complex cross-border networks.
4. How is it different?
YC World visualises connections across jurisdictions and provides real-time risk monitoring — going beyond basic registry lookups.