Dropback YC Application

Winter 2024Active

Dropback went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2024 batch as a Fintech 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 2024
Industry: Fintech
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2024

Founders

Luke BogusCo-Founder
Nick SiscoeFounder

What Dropback does

Dropback is building front office software for the future of college sports. We help major athletic departments manage their teams' "salary caps" and roster limits to construct their most competitive rosters. Just two years ago, it became legal for athletes to earn an income beyond their scholarships. Since then, despite college athletes earning $2B+, rapid regulation change has put college sports in disarray. Dropback brings order to this chaos through custom compensation frameworks, roster management, what-if playgrounds, and more--ultimately helping elite programs optimize spend & maximize talent.

Dropback's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Dropback, Winter 2024 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Dropback

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Front office software for college sports

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

We're building front office software that helps college athletic departments manage the complexities that arose when athletes became able to earn money beyond scholarships. Our product handles custom compensation frameworks, enforces roster limits, and lets teams run what-if scenarios - all to help them build the strongest, most competitive rosters within new rules and budgets.

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

We both live remote and plan to keep the company remote after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

College sports decision-makers and compliance officers are scattered across the country, so staying remote lets us stay close to customers without relocating the company.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Dropback YC application?

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