Courtyard.io YC Application

Winter 2022Active

Courtyard.io 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: Consumer
Team size: 90
Status: Active
Launched: 2022

Founders

Nicolas le JeuneFounder
Paulin AndurandFounder

What Courtyard.io does

Courtyard.io (YC W’22) turns shopping into entertainment. Open digital packs to instantly reveal physical trading cards, comics, watches, and more. Keep what you love - securely vaulted, insured, and ready to ship - or sell back instantly at a guaranteed price. Expanding across new collectibles, fashion, and beyond, Courtyard is pioneering a new model of shopping where entertainment drives demand and liquidity backs every purchase.

Courtyard.io's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Courtyard.io

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Shopping as entertainment with instant liquidity

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

We built a platform where users open digital packs to instantly reveal physical collectibles like trading cards, comics, and watches. They can keep items stored securely and insured or sell them back instantly at a guaranteed price, turning shopping into an entertainment experience with liquidity.

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

We live and work in New York, NY, and the company is based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York has a strong consumer market and access to creative communities around collectibles and fashion. Being local keeps us close to our early customers and partners.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Courtyard.io YC application?

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