Bouncer YC Application

Summer 2019Acquired

Bouncer went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2019 batch as a B2B 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 2019
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 2
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2019

Founders

Will MegsonFounder
Sam KingFounder

Bouncer's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Bouncer, Summer 2019 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Bouncer

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

SDK for scanning and verifying credit cards and IDs

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

We build an SDK that mobile apps integrate to scan credit cards and photo IDs, then verify them instantly. Our tech automates document capture and validation, reducing fraud and manual review for customers.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

We chose Oakland because it's home for both of us and close to the Bay Area ecosystem. That keeps us grounded while we build.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Bouncer YC application?

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