Elucd YC Application

Summer 2017Acquired

Elucd went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2017 batch as a Government 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: Government
Team size: 8
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2017

Founders

Michael SimonFounder/CEO
Saul ShemeshFounder

What Elucd does

Elucd is a GovTech company that provides cities with near real-time understanding of how citizens feel about their government.

Elucd's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Elucd

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Polling through mobile ads to enable governments

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

We built a SaaS platform that uses mobile ads to collect real-time citizen sentiment data for city governments. Our product gives governments near real-time insights into how residents feel about services and policies so they can respond faster and make better decisions.

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

We live in New York City where the company is based and would remain here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York is where our customers and government partners are. Being here keeps us close to decision-makers and data sources that shape our product.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Elucd YC application?

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