Boardcave YC Application

Winter 2022Active

Boardcave 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: Consumer
Team size: 6
Status: Active
Launched: 2022

Founders

Ryan MetsFounder
Chris GrebenFounder

What Boardcave does

The one stop shop for surfers. Boardcave provides surfers with online surf knowledge and gear to accelerate their surfing. The company is reimagining how surfers progress and partake in ocean activities.

Boardcave's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Boardcave

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Building the world's largest online surf gear store.

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

We've built an online platform that combines surf knowledge with curated surf gear. Boardcave helps surfers find the right equipment and information to improve their surfing and enjoy ocean activities. The site is a one-stop shop for surfers looking for gear and advice in one place.

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

We live and build the company on the Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, and would remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

The Gold Coast is a global surf hub with deep community ties and firsthand access to our customers. It's the best place to understand the market and build a product surfers want.

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 Boardcave YC application?

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