Forge Rewards YC Application

Winter 2024Active

Forge Rewards went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2024 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: Winter 2024
Industry: B2B
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2024

Founders

Ethan ChangFounder
Isaac KanFounder

Forge Rewards's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Forge Rewards, Winter 2024 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Forge Rewards

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Starbucks app for restaurants

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

We built Forge Rewards to be a loyalty and rewards app tailor-made for restaurants. Unlike generic loyalty platforms, our product lets restaurants easily run rewards programs that drive repeat visits and sales without the complexity other tools have. Customers use it like Starbucks' app but for their favorite local eateries.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is central to the restaurant and tech ecosystem we serve, letting us stay close to early users and investors.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Forge Rewards YC application?

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