Cityfurnish YC Application

Winter 2019Active

Cityfurnish 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: ConsumerHome and Personal
Team size: 90
Status: Active
Launched: 2018

Founders

Neerav JainFounder
Saurabh GuptaFounder

What Cityfurnish does

Cityfurnish is a rental subscription service for furniture and appliances in India. Today, there are 350M people renting unfurnished or semi-furnished apartments in India; Cityfurnish provides an easy, affordable and hassle-free solution. The founding team shares 25+ years of furniture retailing experience and has grown the business to 8,000+ subscribers.

Cityfurnish's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Cityfurnish, Winter 2019 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Cityfurnish

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Commitment-free furniture rentals in India

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

We built a rental subscription service for furniture and appliances targeting India's 350 million people living in unfurnished or semi-furnished rental homes. Our platform makes it easy and affordable for them to rent quality furniture without long-term commitment.

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

We live in New Delhi, India, and after YC the company will continue to be based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New Delhi is where our customers and largest furniture market are. We have local expertise and infrastructure here and want to scale from this base post-YC.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Cityfurnish YC application?

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