DevColor YC Application

Winter 2016Active

DevColor went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2016 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 2016
Industry: Unspecified
Team size: 7
Status: Active
Launched: 2016

Founders

Makinde AdeagboFounder/CEO

What DevColor does

dev/color is a non-profit organization that aims to maximize the impact of Black software engineers. Our mission is to provide Black engineers with the connections and skills needed to start and stay in the industry, and advance into leadership roles. We’re a community for software engineers, by software engineers. We work with members throughout their careers, from college to industry, through mentorship, goal setting and events.

DevColor's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

DevColor, Winter 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

DevColor

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Support Black software engineers' careers

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

We run a nonprofit community platform that connects Black software engineers across career stages. We provide mentorship, goal-setting tools, and events focused on helping members start and grow in tech and reach leadership roles. It's a place built by developers for developers, focused specifically on the challenges our members face.

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.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where much of the tech industry lives and where our members and community are concentrated. It makes it easier to connect with industry leaders and run in-person events.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real DevColor YC application?

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