Fanvibe YC Application

Summer 2010Acquired

Fanvibe went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2010 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 2010
Industry: ConsumerSocial
Team size: 2
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2012

Founders

Vishwas PrabhakaraFounder/CEO
Arthur ChangFounder/Lead Technical Architect
Joe PestroFounder

What Fanvibe does

Check-in to games to chat and trash-talk with friends who are also watching. Get scores and breaking news sent straight to your iPhone. Fanvibe covers the NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, college basketball, college football, and the English Premier League. Fanvibe Features Include: -Your Sports Pulse: A custom feed with news, scores and your friendsâ€™ activity. -Game Check-Ins: Tell your friends what youâ€™re watching and see what games your friends are watching. Never ask, â€œDid you see that game?â€ again! -Personalized Scoreboard: Real-time scores, live game details, alerts and score updates. -Favorites: Get news and scores for your favorite teams sent straight to your iPhone or iPod touch. -Friend Finder: Find your friends easily by searching Facebook, Twitter and your address book. Coming soon: March Madness brackets and World Cup coverage, Cricket, Golf and Tennis. About Fanvibe Fanvibe for the iPhone / iPod Touch is the first product from We The Fan, a company dedicated to building new sports products built by and for the sports fan.

Fanvibe's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Fanvibe, Summer 2010 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Fanvibe

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Social sports app to check in, chat, and get scores

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

We built Fanvibe, an iPhone app that lets sports fans check in to games, see what their friends are watching, get live scores, breaking news, and chat. It covers NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, college basketball and football, and EPL. The product is designed to make watching sports more social and interactive for fans who want up-to-date info and live connection with friends.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and plan to base the company there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco offers the best access to tech talent, investor networks, and customer feedback relevant to our product.

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 Fanvibe YC application?

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