Circular YC Application

Winter 2022Active

Circular 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: ConsumerConsumer Electronics
Team size: 25
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Nicolas RamsayFounder
Pantha RoyFounder

What Circular does

Circular is accelerating the adoption of the circular economy by making subscriptions the best way to access and experience tech: from smartphones, laptops, and headphones to gaming, VR and wearables. Our customers get their hands on the best tech through low-cost, convenient subscriptions. They can pay monthly, keep it as long as they want, and if they love it, buy it. If they return it, we carefully refurbish it and pass it on to the next loving owner - radically extending its useful life.

Circular's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Circular

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Subscription consumer electronics for Asia

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

We offer a subscription service for consumer electronics like smartphones, laptops, headphones, VR gear, and wearables in Asia. Customers pay monthly, keep devices as long as they want, and can buy at the end or return for refurbishment and reuse, extending product life.

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

We live in Singapore, and the company is based there. After YC, we plan to keep Singapore as our base.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Singapore is a major tech hub in Asia with access to our key markets and logistics infrastructure. It lets us operate close to our users and supply chain.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Circular YC application?

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