AlgoTest YC Application

Summer 2022Active

AlgoTest went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2022 batch as a Fintech 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: Summer 2022
Industry: Fintech
Team size: 28
Status: Active
Launched: 2022

Founders

Raghav MalikFounder

What AlgoTest does

AlgoTest is an algorithmic options trading platform for Indian retail traders. For the first time ever, day traders will be able to trade using the same technology as the top hedge funds and high-frequency trading firms of the world. The company is founded by Raghav Malik (Financial Engineering @ Columbia Univ), an HFT technologist and former options market-maker in the US.

AlgoTest's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

AlgoTest, Summer 2022 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

AlgoTest

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Ecosystem for options trading in India

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

We have built an algorithmic options trading platform tailored for Indian retail traders. It lets users deploy automated trading strategies using the same technology that hedge funds and high-frequency traders use globally. Our platform includes strategy building, backtesting, and live execution.

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

We live in Delhi, India, and plan to keep the company based here after YC, continuing to build and serve our core Indian market.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Delhi is the hub of our user base and talent. Staying here connects us closely with the Indian retail traders we serve and the regulatory environment.

21 more answers in the full application

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real AlgoTest YC application?

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