Apollo YC Application

Winter 2022Active

Apollo went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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: Winter 2022
Industry: Fintech
Team size: 11
Status: Active
Launched: 2022

Founders

S G
Tanmaay K

Apollo's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Apollo, Winter 2022 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Apollo

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Payments & Loyalty Infrastructure

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

We are building infrastructure that connects payments and loyalty programs to make them work together better. Our platform integrates Fintech, DeFi, and Web3 technologies to enable businesses to issue, manage, and incentivize payments and rewards in one system.

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

We currently live in Bengaluru, KA, India and after YC we will also be based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Bengaluru has a strong tech talent pool and an active Fintech community. Being based here gives us access to key partners and markets relevant to our product.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Apollo YC application?

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