Greo YC Application

Summer 2017Inactive

Greo 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: ConsumerSocial
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2017

Founders

Brandon HillFounder/CEO
Elizabeth DavisFounder/CTO
Tre KirkmanFounder/CPO

What Greo does

Our mission is to empower everyone to discover, create, and exchange meaningful ideas to awaken a more just world. Learn more at

Greo's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Greo

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Mobile video app for current event conversations

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

We're building a mobile app that lets people record and share short videos to discuss current events. It's designed for meaningful conversations, not just broadcasting or entertainment. Users can discover diverse viewpoints and respond quickly to news stories with their own video takes.

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

We live in Palo Alto, CA, and would base the company here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We live and work in Palo Alto which puts us at the center of the tech community and close to YC, making it easier to operate and grow the company.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Greo YC application?

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