FameGame YC Application

Summer 2018Inactive

FameGame went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2018 batch as a Consumer 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 2018
Industry: ConsumerSocial
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2018

Founders

Alexandra BotezFounder
Ruben Mayer-HirshfeldFounder

FameGame's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

FameGame, Summer 2018 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

FameGame

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Live and interactive TV shows for mobile

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

We built an app that hosts live interactive TV shows on mobile, starting with American trivia and game shows. Users watch and participate in real-time, competing and interacting through their phones. Our goal is to bring the energy of live TV game shows to a handheld device where mobile viewers can join in instead of passively watching.

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

Location is not specified. We currently work remotely and plan to relocate where YC requires us to be after acceptance.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Our current location is flexible since our product is mobile-first and internet-based. We will base the company where YC puts us to focus fully on the program.

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 FameGame YC application?

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