Gamelynx YC Application

Summer 2017Inactive

Gamelynx 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: 5
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2017

Founders

Alexander MistakidisFounder/CEO
Carter MinshullFounder/CTO

What Gamelynx does

Gamelynx is creating easily watchable cross-platform competitive games. We're a passionate team with diverse experience from Riot Games, Google, Jane St, and Quantum Computing research labs. Gamelynx has raised $1.2 million to date with investors including Riot Games, M Ventures and Y Combinator.

Gamelynx's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Gamelynx

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Easily watchable cross-platform competitive games

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

We build a platform that makes it easy to watch competitive games across different devices and platforms. Our product solves the problem of fragmented eSports viewing experiences by providing a unified, accessible way for fans to follow tournaments and matches wherever they are.

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

We live in Santa Monica, CA, and the company would be based here after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Santa Monica is where the team lives and where our network in gaming and eSports is strongest. It lets us work closely together and stay connected to industry partners.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Gamelynx YC application?

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