# YC World

> YC World is a counterparty and corporate network risk investigation platform built by Ukrainian open-data developer YouControl. It consolidates official company records, ownership networks, sanctions lists, politically exposed persons and other risk signals across 80+ jurisdictions into a single searchable, graph-based workspace, helping compliance teams, investigators and law enforcement run AML, KYC and KYB checks and expose hidden ownership and sanctioned connections.

- **Founded:** 2022
- **Headquarters:** London, United Kingdom
- **Founders:** Sergiy Milman (Founder & CEO of YouControl (parent company)), Nataliia Chornohub (CEO, YC World)
- **Team size:** ~14 (YC World); parent YouControl is larger
- **Products:** YC World platform (Business plan), YC World platform (Enterprise plan), YC World API, RuAssets, AI data extraction
- **Notable:** Won the 2025 Rising Star in Software Development award from Business Awards UK, Named best IT-solution for business in Ukraine (2019, as YouControl), YouControl systems used daily by 95% of Ukrainian banks

## Products & services

- **YC World platform (Business plan)** — Web workspace for AML/KYC professionals: unlimited searches for sanctioned individuals and entities, PEP connection searches, commercial asset searches, and continuous monitoring of high-risk companies across 84 countries.
- **YC World platform (Enterprise plan)** — For large organisations and analytical departments: deep system integration, custom data source integration, priority feature access and product testing participation.
- **YC World API** — Automated verification API for integrating due diligence and risk data into CRM/ERP systems and internal workflows.
- **RuAssets** — The original 2022 tool for searching Russian and Belarusian assets, which evolved into the global YC World platform.
- **AI data extraction** — Extracts entity data from multiple formats including documents, PDFs, websites, audio and video, with transliteration and translation for Slavic and multilingual naming.
- **Interactive graph visualization** — Collaborative graph tool that maps beneficial ownership, corporate networks and 'toxic' connections between companies and individuals.

## Achievements

- Won the 2025 Rising Star in Software Development award from Business Awards UK
- Named best IT-solution for business in Ukraine (2019, as YouControl)
- YouControl systems used daily by 95% of Ukrainian banks
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified and GDPR-ready
- Registered as YOUCONTROL WORLD LTD in the UK (incorporated 10 September 2025)
- Data coverage of 296M+ entities, 132M+ people, 125M+ companies and 263M+ connections across 84 countries and 365 data sources
- Adopted by investigative journalists at BBC, OCCRP and Deutsche Welle

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — YOUCONTROL WORLD LTD incorporated in the UK, registered at 167-169 Great Portland Street, London.
- **2025-01** — Won the 2025 Rising Star in Software Development award from Business Awards UK.
- **2025-01** — Joined UK industry associations including techUK, Make UK Defence and ADS Group; CEO spoke at the 4th UK-UA Defence Tech Forum and the European Police Congress panel on OSINT.

## Links

- Website: https://youcontrol.world
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/yc-world

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Last updated: 2026-07-30