Covetly YC Application

Summer 2017Inactive

Covetly 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: ConsumerHome and Personal
Team size: 3
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2017

Founders

Reid NahmFounder
Brian LawFounder

What Covetly does

Covetly is a platform for collectors and hobbyists. Tons of rare, unique, and bizarre items await. Browse, trade, and buy or sell. What do you covet?

Covetly's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Covetly

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

#1 Collectibles Marketplace: Vinyl Toys, Comics, Funko Pop

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

We built an online marketplace specifically for collectors and hobbyists to browse, buy, sell, and trade rare and unique items like vinyl toys, comics, and Funko Pop figures. The platform focuses on authentic collectibles, making it easier for our community to find hard-to-get items and connect with other collectors.

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

We live in New York, NY, and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York has an active collector and pop culture community, which helps us stay close to our core users. It also allows us to tap into local meetups and events around collectibles, which is central to our product.

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 Covetly YC application?

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