Better Opinions YC Application

Winter 2022Active

Better Opinions went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2022 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 2022
Industry: ConsumerGaming
Team size: 12
Status: Active
Launched: 2022

Founders

SAMAY JAINFounder
Soumyajit DasFounder

What Better Opinions does

Better Opinions is a prediction market of India which allows users to trade their opinion on everyday topics. For example, If you think India Covid cases will decrease by 10% this week, you can trade this insight and win money if correct. Our aim is to make the app inclusive for all. The stock market unfortunately can be very technical and opaque and therefore isn’t always accessible for all. However, when we start allowing trading in categories such as cricket, politics and entertainment, not only do we make trading more relatable, but we also help improve their financial literacy.

Better Opinions's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Better Opinions

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Prediction market of India

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

Better Opinions is a prediction market platform for India where users trade opinions on everyday topics like cricket, politics, or COVID trends and can win money if their predictions are right. It's designed to make opinion trading accessible and relatable, unlike traditional stock markets which are complex.

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

We live in Bengaluru, Gurugram, and work remotely; after YC, we plan to continue being based in India with a distributed team.

Explain your decision regarding location.

India is our market and most users are here. We are based in Bengaluru and Gurugram, which lets us tap into talent and also stay close to our users.

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 Better Opinions YC application?

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