Goodybag YC Application

Winter 2016Acquired

Goodybag 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: B2BOffice Management
Team size: 11
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2015

Founders

Jay PanchalFounder/CEO
Om PanchalFounder
Jag SanthaFounder

What Goodybag does

Goodybag helps you find catering for your office. Easily search restaurants and have food delivered to your next meeting. For Restaurants and Caterers: Goodybag lists your catering menu with no startup or monthly fees. You set your own delivery fees and zones. For Businesses: Goodybag is an easy, time-saving way for you to explore and order food from restaurants around town for your employees.

Goodybag's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Goodybag

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Office catering ordering from local restaurants

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

We built Goodybag to make ordering food for office meetings easier. Our platform lets businesses search restaurant catering options, compare menus, and place orders all in one place. Restaurants and caterers list their menus without fees and control delivery zones and fees themselves.

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

We live in Austin, TX, and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Austin has a vibrant food scene and a growing tech community, which fits perfectly with our focus on office catering and having close restaurant partnerships.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Goodybag YC application?

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