Feather YC Application

Summer 2017Acquired

Feather went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2017 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 2017
Industry: ConsumerHome and Personal
Team size: 125
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2017

Founders

Jay RenoFounder/CEO

What Feather does

Feather is redefining furniture rental for city living and helping people feel at home no matter where they live or how long they plan on staying. By giving people smarter options, Feather is able to keep more furniture in homes and out of landfills. Monthly furniture payments can go toward ownership or you can simply return the furniture you no longer need. Those items endure our extensive refurbishment process before they are sent to live in their next home. Our reverse logistics platform allows our customers to swap and add new furniture at any time, helping limit furniture waste.

Feather's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Feather

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Furniture rental for consumers and businesses

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

We built an online platform that rents city-friendly furniture to people and businesses who want flexible home setups. Customers can rent with the option to own, or swap and return furniture anytime. Behind the scenes, we manage logistics to refurbish and redeploy every item, cutting down furniture waste.

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

We live between New York and San Francisco, and plan to base the company in one of those cities after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

NY and SF are both hubs for our customers and talent. We operate where the demand for furniture rental in urban areas is highest, and where we can grow our team effectively.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Feather YC application?

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