Cribspot YC Application

Profile updated September 9, 2026Winter 2015Inactive

Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Cribspot went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2015 batch as a Real Estate and Construction 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 2015
Industry: Real Estate and ConstructionHousing and Real Estate
Location: Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2014

Founders

Evan DancerFounder/CTO/Lead Engineer - Javascript (Ember), Ruby (Rails), React Native
Tim JonesFounder/CTO
Jason OkraFounder

What Cribspot does

Cribspot is an online platform for college students and property managers that streamlines finding and leasing off-campus housing.

Cribspot's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Cribspot, Winter 2015 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Cribspot

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Tech-enabled platform for off-campus housing

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

We are building an online platform that helps college students find and lease off-campus housing directly from property managers. It streamlines searching, applying, and signing leases to reduce headaches on both sides.

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

We live in Ann Arbor, MI, and would base the company here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based in Ann Arbor because it's a college town with a clear market need, and that proximity helps us understand the challenges students and property managers face.

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 Cribspot YC application?

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