Avocademy YC Application

Winter 2022Active

Avocademy went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2022 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 2022
Industry: Education
Team size: 6
Status: Active
Launched: 2022

Founders

Maca BaigorriaFounder
Alexandra AmicoFounder

What Avocademy does

Avocademy was born from a need for more diverse designers. Current design programs are expensive and not accessible. We make it accessible for anyone to break into the field and change careers. Our students are 75% women, 65% BIPOC, & 33% LGBTQ+.

Avocademy's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Avocademy

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Teach UX/UI design and help people get jobs

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

We offer an accessible online program that teaches UX/UI design to diverse learners and then connect them to design job opportunities. We focus on lowering the financial and accessibility barriers that keep underrepresented groups out of design careers.

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

We live in Miami, FL where the company is based.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Miami is where we live and where our team is located; it fits our operations and allows us to serve our community effectively.

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 Avocademy YC application?

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