Real estate

Ancana

Website
Founded 2019Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Ancana is a marketplace for fully managed, co-owned vacation homes. Owners buy a real share of a property alongside a small group of vetted co-owners, each with guaranteed usage time every year. Unused weeks can be rented out or swapped for stays at other Ancana properties, so the ownership stays useful even as plans change. Ancana handles everything behind the purchase — setting up the ownership structure, vetting and matching co-owners, and managing the transaction — then runs the property year-round, from furnishing to bookings and maintenance. We operate in Mexico, the US, and Spain, each with different legal and regulatory requirements for ownership, and solving that structuring problem market by market is what makes the model hold up as we expand.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08

Founders & team

Andres Barrios

Founder

Andres is a serial entrepreneur passionate about creating efficient real estate solutions to our ever growing population. He is an experienced founder that has demonstrated history of launching succesful tech startups in different industries and a real estate junky with more than 16 years of experience in acquisitions, property management, development and divestments. Has an MBA from UT at Austin

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Ryan Black

Founder

Ryan is Co-Founder and COO of Ancana (YC S21), building a marketplace for fully managed, co-owned vacation homes. He's a product leader with over 15 years of experience and two exits — Rival (a16z/Upfront-backed, acquired by Ticketmaster) and RideScout (acquired by Daimler's Moovel). He's also built products at Facebook, Prosper Marketplace (Sequoia-backed), and Airvet, the #1 pet telehealth app on the App Store

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
12team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2019 · Source

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Y Combinator

Profile depthverified profile
Website observationwebsite reachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedMérida, Yuc., Mexico; Remote
Pricing evidenceNo pricing page confirmed
Maturity: Not assessed · 3 of 6 areas documented

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