Freeport Markets YC Application
Freeport Markets went through Y Combinator in the Fall 2025 batch as a Fintech 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
- Fall 2025
- Industry
- FintechConsumer Finance
- Team size
- 3
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2025
Founders
Lihong WangFounder
Bryan ReedFounder
What Freeport Markets does
Freeport is a trading platform for pre-IPO shares, equities, crypto, and perpetual futures. Our AI analysts turn trusted social and financial media into a real-time feed of market-moving news and actionable trade ideas.
Freeport Markets's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Freeport Markets, Fall 2025 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Freeport Markets
Trade like a hedge fund.
We've built a trading platform that lets users buy and sell pre-IPO shares, equities, crypto, and perpetual futures. Our key feature is AI analysts that scan trusted social and financial media in real time to surface market-moving news and actionable trade ideas. It's designed for individual traders who want hedge-fund style insights and access to markets usually off-limits to them.
We live and work in New York, NY, and plan to keep the company based there after YC.
New York is the financial capital with easy access to market data, financial media, and customers who trade sophisticated products. Being here helps us build domain expertise and network with relevant partners.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Freeport Markets YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Freeport Markets's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Freeport Markets would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Freeport Markets in?
Freeport Markets was part of the Y Combinator Fall 2025 batch.
Who founded Freeport Markets?
Freeport Markets was founded by Lihong Wang, Bryan Reed.
What does Freeport Markets do?
Trade like a hedge fund.
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Freeport Markets's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
