Gigwell YC Application

Winter 2016Active

Gigwell went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2016 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 2016
Industry: B2BProductivity
Team size: 12
Status: Active
Launched: 2015

Founders

Jeremie HabibFounder/CEO
Glade LucoFounder/CTO
Antonio SierraFounder/Vice President, Customer Success

What Gigwell does

Gigwell is building the operating system for the concert & live events industry. Our platform modernizes the way live entertainment is booked and managed by helping booking agencies, venues, promoters, festivals, and talent buyers replace fragmented spreadsheets, emails, PDFs, and disparate tools with a single centralized booking hub. Gigwell streamlines artist and venue management, offers, contracts, advancing, tour logistics, payments, reporting, and communication in a collaborative platform purpose-built for the complexities of live events. Trusted by more than 100,000 artists and venues, Gigwell has facilitated over $5 billion in bookings across live music, comedy, public speaking, digital creators, and entertainment. Gigwell has built one of the first vertically integrated SaaS infrastructure platforms designed specifically for live entertainment bookings, positioning the company to become the core infrastructure layer powering the future of live events globally. Gigwell has been featured in TechCrunch, Billboard, DJ Mag, Mixmag, Hypebot, DJ Times, and Magnetic Magazine, and was recognized as the Most Promising Startup by the Nitey Awards and SF MusicTech’s Startup Innovators Challenge.

Gigwell's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Gigwell, Winter 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Gigwell

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Operating system for concert and live events industry

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

We built a SaaS platform that replaces spreadsheets, emails, and PDFs for live event professionals. It centralizes booking, contracts, advancing, tour logistics, payments, and communication for booking agencies, venues, promoters, and talent buyers. Our product handles the complex workflows unique to live events, creating a single hub that makes managing concerts and tours straightforward.

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

We live and work in Los Angeles, and the company will continue to be based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Los Angeles is the center of the entertainment industry where our customers live and work. Being local allows us to stay close to their needs and maintain strong relationships.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Gigwell YC application?

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