Halolife YC Application

Summer 2015Inactive

Halolife went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2015 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 2015
Industry: ConsumerHome and Personal
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2015

Founders

Jake BeyerFounder/CEO (YC S15)

What Halolife does

Founded in May 2015 and based in San Francisco, California, Halolife is an online platform that provides step-by-step guidance to plan and find a burial or cremation service that meets your needs, budget, and location. Halolife is the only trusted online end-of-life marketplace that offers complete transparency of business reviews and prices of funeral and cremation providers. Whether you are a family that needs immediate assistance or planning for the future, our team of caring experts will help you every step of the way. We eliminate the need to shop around by matching you with the right funeral provider. Currently, Halolife is operating in the state California with plans to expand to throughout the United States in the near future.

Halolife's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Halolife, Summer 2015 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Halolife

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Online platform to plan burials and cremations

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

We built Halolife as a step-by-step online platform that helps families find and plan burial or cremation services. It matches users with providers based on location, budget, and specific needs, while showing transparent reviews and prices to eliminate confusing shopping around.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and plan to base the company here after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we live and is a hub for startups and tech talent. It also gives us close access to early users and the funeral providers we work with, starting in California.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Halolife YC application?

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