Handle.com YC Application

Winter 2019Active

Handle.com went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2019 batch as a Real Estate and Construction 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 2019
Industry: Real Estate and ConstructionConstruction
Team size: 55
Status: Active
Launched: 2018

Founders

Blake RobertsonFounder
Chris WoodardFounder
Patrick HoganFounder

What Handle.com does

Handle builds software that helps simplify construction financial management by automating manual and repetitive tasks throughout the life cycle of construction payments.

Handle.com's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Handle.com, Winter 2019 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Handle.com

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Simplifying Payments and Compliance for Construction Suppliers

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

We build software that automates manual and repetitive tasks in construction financial management, focusing on simplifying payments and compliance for suppliers. Our product manages the entire payment lifecycle in construction, helping subcontractors and suppliers get paid faster while reducing errors and administrative overhead for general contractors.

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 all three founders are located and where the construction technology ecosystem is growing, making it the most logical place to build and scale Handle.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Handle.com YC application?

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