Balto YC Application

Winter 2019Acquired

Balto went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2019 batch as a Consumer 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: ConsumerGaming
Team size: 5
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2019

Founders

Joel KaracozoffFounder
Nicky MontanaFounder
Spencer CassidyFounder/Head of Growth

What Balto does

Our product significantly reduces the amount of time and manual labor necessary for those that are tasked with managing these contests. We give them the easiest tools to manage, track, and communicate with 100s or 1,000s of players.

Balto's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Balto

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Contest automation software for sports gaming

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

We build software that automates managing and running contests for sports gaming operators. Our product reduces manual work for contest managers by letting them easily manage, track, and communicate with hundreds or thousands of players in real time.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company would remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We live here and the sports tech and gaming community is strong in San Francisco. Being here keeps us close to partners, players, and potential hires.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Balto YC application?

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