Democracy Earth YC Application
Democracy Earth went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2015 batch as a Unspecified 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
- Unspecified
- Team size
- 2
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2014
Founders
Pia ManciniFounder
Santiago SiriFounder/President
Guido VilariñoFounder
What Democracy Earth does
Our mission is to build a sustainable democracy for the Information Age. We create censorship resistant, free and open source software that can deploy democracies anywhere there's an internet connection. We have implemented governance infrastructure for crypto networks; shadow referendums for activists in critical countries and the first Quadratic Voting implementation in the USA for the Colorado Legislative House. Backed by Templeton Foundation (2019), Y Combinator (2015) and Fast Forward (2016). Presented on TED Global (2014). Awarded by MIT Technology Review (2017) and Singularity University (2016). We did research for Alphabet, World Economic Forum and the University of Berkeley.
Democracy Earth's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Democracy Earth, Winter 2015 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Democracy Earth
Censorship resistant democracies.
We build open source software that enables fully decentralized, censorship-resistant digital democracies. Our platform lets communities anywhere with internet run secure elections and vote on proposals without intermediaries. We have also built governance tools used by crypto networks, activist shadow referendums in sensitive countries, and launched the first Quadratic Voting system for the Colorado House.
We live in Madrid, Spain, and the company is based here with a remote setup. After YC, we would continue operations remotely but could spend time in Silicon Valley during the program.
Madrid is where we have our connections, co-founders, and initial users. Remote work lets us access talent and stay flexible, while YC's presence in Silicon Valley offers critical networking and scaling opportunities.
21 more answers in the full application
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Democracy Earth YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Democracy Earth's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Democracy Earth would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Democracy Earth in?
Democracy Earth was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2015 batch.
Who founded Democracy Earth?
Democracy Earth was founded by Pia Mancini, Santiago Siri, Guido Vilariño.
What does Democracy Earth do?
Censorship resistant democracies.
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Democracy Earth's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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