CoinTent YC Application

Summer 2016Inactive

CoinTent went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2016 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 2016
Industry: B2BMarketing
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2016

Founders

Brad RossFounder/CEO
Bigi LuiFounder/CTO
Kendra GibbonsFounder/Director of Engineering

What CoinTent does

Launched in 2013, CoinTent is a digital wallet and subscription service that enables users to purchase quality content, including articles, videos, blog posts, and more, for micropayments across websites. Its services provide a revenue channel for publishers, supplementing revenue sources such as advertising and subscriptions. CoinTent is based in San Francisco, California, United States.

CoinTent's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

CoinTent, Summer 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

CoinTent

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Recover revenue lost to ad blockers

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

We built a digital wallet and subscription service that lets users make micropayments for articles, videos, blog posts, and other quality content across publishers' sites. This gives publishers a way to earn revenue beyond ads and traditional subscriptions, especially from users who block ads.

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

We live in San Francisco, and the company is based here now and will remain here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based in San Francisco because it's a hub for publishers, advertisers, and tech companies. Being here helps us build relationships and iterate quickly with our customers and partners.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real CoinTent YC application?

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