Finch YC Application

Summer 2020Active

Finch went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2020 batch as a B2B 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 2020
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 73
Status: Active
Launched: 2020

Founders

Jeremy ZhangFounder
Ansel ParikhFounder

What Finch does

Finch is the API to access employment data systems. We allow admins to connect their company in a compliant and secure manner to trusted applications. Finch integrates across data providers enabling developers to access a previously closed system and are at the source of truth for employee data and money flow. Our API powers use cases across insurance, benefits, tax, finance, and HR applications.

Finch's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Finch, Summer 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Finch

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Finch is the Employment Data Platform

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

We are building an API that connects companies securely and compliantly to employment data systems. Our API integrates multiple data providers to give developers direct access to employee data and money flow at the source of truth. This enables applications across insurance, benefits, finance, tax, and HR to build on top of real, accurate employment data.

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

We live and work in San Francisco, CA, and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is the center of the startup ecosystem and where our technical and business network is strongest. It allows us to recruit talent and engage with customers more effectively than other locations.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Finch YC application?

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