Human Interest YC Application
Human Interest went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2015 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
- Summer 2015
- Industry
- B2BHuman Resources
- Team size
- 765
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2015
Founders
Roger LeeFounder/CEO
Paul SawayaFounder/CTO
What Human Interest does
Human Interest is on a mission to ensure that people in all lines of work have access to retirement benefits. Nearly half of all working Americans are not saving enough for their future. Too often it’s because they are employed by a company that doesn’t offer a retirement plan. Human Interest is changing that by making it affordable and accessible for small and medium-sized businesses to offer employees a path to financial independence through retirement savings. We’re a high-growth tech company changing the retirement industry. We’ve raised $500M and are backed by leading investors. Most recently, by funding from BlackRock as well as many other top investors: TPG (The Rise Fund) with SoftBank led our Series D, Glynn Capital, NewView Capital, USVP, Wing, Uncork, and others.
Human Interest's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Human Interest, Summer 2015 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Human Interest
The 401(k) for small and medium-sized businesses.
We built a platform that makes it easy and affordable for small and medium-sized businesses to offer retirement savings plans to their employees. Our product manages all the compliance, administration, and investing, so employers and employees can focus on actually saving for retirement, not paperwork.
We live in San Francisco, CA and have a remote team. The company would remain based in San Francisco after YC.
San Francisco has the talent pool and investor network critical for scaling a fintech company focused on retirement benefits. Remote work helps us tap broader engineering talent while staying rooted here.
21 more answers in the full application
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Human Interest YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Human Interest's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Human Interest would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Human Interest in?
Human Interest was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2015 batch.
Who founded Human Interest?
Human Interest was founded by Roger Lee, Paul Sawaya.
What does Human Interest do?
The 401(k) for small and medium-sized businesses.
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Human Interest's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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