CocuSocial YC Application

Summer 2017Active

CocuSocial went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2017 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: Summer 2017
Industry: ConsumerFood and Beverage
Team size: 10
Status: Active
Launched: 2017

Founders

Billy GuanFounder/CEO
Helen SunFounder

What CocuSocial does

CocuSocial is a marketplace for culinary experience including cooking, baking and tasting classes that are hosted at restaurants and hotels. Our mission is to educate, entertain and connect people through unique culinary experience.

CocuSocial's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

CocuSocial, Summer 2017 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

CocuSocial

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Marketplace for local activities

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

We built an online marketplace that connects people looking for culinary experiences - like cooking, baking, and tasting classes - with restaurants and hotels hosting those events. The product lets users discover, book, and join unique, local food-related experiences that also help venues fill off-hours and build community.

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

We live in New York City and the company is based here with part of our team remote.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York has a dense, food-obsessed population and a rich restaurant scene, making it the right place to grow a culinary experience marketplace. Being local helps us build relationships with venues directly.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real CocuSocial YC application?

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