Futureleague YC Application

Winter 2014Inactive

Futureleague went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2014 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: Winter 2014
Industry: ConsumerHome and Personal
Team size: 10
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2013

Founders

Emmie ChangFounder/CEO

What Futureleague does

FutureLeague (previously known as Camperoo) teaches kids ages 6-12 engineering and programming with a focus on teamwork, creativity, and design thinking. Kids level up in skills while participating in hands-on projects to reach 100 hours of instruction, similar to going from white belt to black belt in martial arts. They also host corporate team building events with Fortune 500 companies to foster design thinking and innovation. FutureLeague is a Y-Combinator backed startup based in SOMA, San Francisco. Emmie Chang, CEO/ Founder, previously created the largest summer technology camp in Texas and math ed-tech software that was used in over 35 school districts serving hundreds of thousands of students.

Futureleague's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Futureleague, Winter 2014 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Futureleague

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Engineering and programming for kids 6-12

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

We teach kids ages 6-12 engineering and programming through a hands-on curriculum focused on teamwork, creativity, and design thinking. Kids level up by completing projects, working toward 100 hours of instruction, similar to martial arts belts. We also run corporate team building events focused on innovation.

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

We live between San Francisco, CA and Hughson, CA. After YC we plan to base the company in SOMA, San Francisco.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we can be closest to talent, partners, and investors. We already have a presence there and it's where YC is located, so it makes the most sense to grow the company there.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Futureleague YC application?

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