Cabal

Cabal YC Application

Summer 2021Active

Cabal went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2021 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 2021
Industry
B2B
Team size
8
Status
Active
Launched
2021

Founders

  • Fahim Ferdous
    Fahim FerdousFounder

What Cabal does

Cabal helps founders get more out of their investors and advisors. We do this by providing a private workspace for founders to send asks & updates, track contributions, and get warm intros to prospects and candidates.

Cabal's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Cabal, Summer 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Cabal

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Private workspace for founders, investors, and advisors

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

Cabal is a private workspace designed for founders to collaborate with their investors and advisors. It lets founders send specific asks and updates, track contributions from their support network, and get warm introductions to potential prospects and candidates. The product centralizes communication and makes managing these relationships more productive and less chaotic.

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

We live across New York City, San Francisco, and remote. After YC, the company will remain distributed but continue to have a presence in these startup hubs.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We focus on where our team and users are. Our founders are based in NYC and SF, and the users - founders and their investors/advisors - are distributed as well. Staying distributed lets us hire talent and serve users across major ecosystems.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Cabal YC application?

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

What YC batch was Cabal in?

Cabal was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2021 batch.

Who founded Cabal?

Cabal was founded by Fahim Ferdous.

What does Cabal do?

Private workspace for founders, investors, and advisors to collaborate

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Cabal's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.

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