AccioJob YC Application

Winter 2019Active

AccioJob went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2019 batch as a Education company. Below: what the company does, who founded it, and its application to YC, reconstructed question by question in the real YC form.

YC batch: Winter 2019
Industry: Education
Team size: 250
Status: Active
Launched: 2018

Founders

Vishu BansalFounder
Harsh SharmaFounder
Priyanshu AgarwalFounder
Yashwardhan BuradFounder

What AccioJob does

AccioJob is an ed-tech startup run by IIT Delhi Alumni that provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art learning platform for Full Stack Web Development and Data Analytics. Our industry-relevant curriculum is taught by top tech instructors and mentors, and our students have gone on to work at leading tech companies like Amazon, Salesforce, and Walmart, among others. With job placement opportunities at 300+ top tech partner companies, we have placed 1000+ students in 2022 itself at an average salary of 8.3 LPA

AccioJob's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

AccioJob, Winter 2019 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

AccioJob

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Upskilling bootcamp for India

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We provide a platform that teaches Full Stack Web Development and Data Analytics through an industry-relevant curriculum led by top instructors. Our program is designed to help students gain practical skills and secure jobs at tech companies in India.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We live and work in Gurugram, Haryana, India, and the company is based here. Post-YC, we plan to maintain our base in Gurugram.

Explain your decision regarding location.

India has a large technical talent pool and demand for upskilling. Being based in Gurugram keeps us close to both students and the tech hiring market we serve.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real AccioJob YC application?

No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from AccioJob's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like AccioJob would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.