Blitz Esports YC Application

Summer 2015Acquired

Blitz Esports went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2015 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: Summer 2015
Industry: ConsumerContent
Team size: 11
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2015

Founders

Jonathan LinFounder
Rick LingFounder

What Blitz Esports does

Blitz Esports is a tech and media startup focused on bridging the gap between esports fandom and personal gameplay. We're one of the premier media publications in esports, specializing in educational video content for League of Legends, CS:GO and Overwatch. We've also developed the first fully automatic League of Legends coaching app, which uses computer vision and data-driven insights to proactively help gamers make better decisions at each step of their gameplay experience. A month into open beta, the Blitz app is now used in over a million games each week.

Blitz Esports's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Blitz Esports, Summer 2015 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Blitz Esports

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Automated coaching and esports educational media

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

We make a platform that breaks down esports gameplay and fandom into actionable insights. Our main product is an automatic coaching app for League of Legends that uses computer vision and data analysis to help players improve decision-making in real time. We also produce educational video content for esports games like League of Legends, CS:GO, and Overwatch.

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

We currently live in Berkeley, CA, and after YC the company would be based there as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based in Berkeley because it's where the founders live and it gives us access to a tech community and esports fans we serve.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Blitz Esports YC application?

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