Buy Me a Coffee YC Application

Winter 2019Active

Buy Me a Coffee 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: ConsumerContent
Team size: 30
Status: Active
Launched: 2019

Founders

Jijo SunnyFounder/CEO
Joseph SunnyFounder
Aleesha JohnFounder

What Buy Me a Coffee does

Buy Me a Coffee is a fast and beautiful way to fund your creative work. Loved by over a million creators. ☕️

Buy Me a Coffee's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Buy Me a Coffee, Winter 2019 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Buy Me a Coffee

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Helping creators monetize

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

We built a platform where creators get support from their audiences through simple, one-time donations we call "buying a coffee." It lets creators receive payments quickly without complex setups or fees. Our product focuses on making it easy and fast for creators of all kinds to fund their work directly from fans.

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

We live and work from San Francisco and remotely distributed locations. After YC, we will base the company in San Francisco, CA.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we have access to the best talent, investors, and the startup ecosystem we want to be part of. Being remote in parts extends our reach but SF is our main base for scaling.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Buy Me a Coffee YC application?

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