Gameday YC Application

Summer 2017Inactive

Gameday went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2017 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: Summer 2017
Industry: ConsumerGaming
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2017

Founders

LC CarrierFounder

What Gameday does

Gameday is the easiest way to play fantasy sports with friends. We make daily fantasy sports fun for everyone, with a simple and quick version of the game over chat.

Gameday's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Gameday, Summer 2017 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Gameday

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Play fantasy sports with friends on Messenger

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

We built a simple daily fantasy sports game that you can play with friends right inside Facebook Messenger. It strips down fantasy sports to quick, fun contests without complicated lineups or strategies. You just challenge your friends, pick your teams fast over chat, and follow the results together.

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

We live in San Francisco and the company would remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we both live and where much of our potential user audience is. It also gives us access to talent and investors familiar with consumer social and gaming products.

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 Gameday YC application?

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