Finmark YC Application

Summer 2020Acquired

Finmark 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: B2BFinance and Accounting
Team size: 14
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2020

Founders

Rami EssaidFounder
Greg LissyFounder
Jeremy NeubergerFounder

What Finmark does

Finmark is financial planning software for startups. We make it simple for companies to manage their runway, hiring, and cash.

Finmark's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Finmark

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Financial planning software for startups

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

We build a financial planning tool specifically for startups. It helps founders and CFOs manage runway, hiring plans, and cash flow in one place. Our software simplifies forecasting and budgeting so startups can make better decisions without financial models in spreadsheets.

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

We live in Raleigh, NC, and work remotely. After YC, the company would be based remotely with headquarters remaining in Raleigh.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We chose Raleigh because it's where the founders are based and offers a low-cost environment. Remote work suits a distributed team and lets us hire the best engineers regardless of location.

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 Finmark YC application?

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