Kinside YC Application

Summer 2018Acquired

Kinside went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2018 batch as a Fintech 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 2018
Industry: FintechPayments
Team size: 18
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2018

Founders

Abe HanFounder
Shadiah SigalaFounder

What Kinside does

Kinside powers bookings and payments for the $648B care economy. We’ve started with child care, a $136B category that despite being an essential and evergreen service, remains an undigitized space, driven mostly by cash.

Kinside's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Kinside, Summer 2018 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Kinside

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Powering the $648b Care Economy

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

We're building a childcare booking and payment platform that digitizes a traditionally cash-based, offline market. Our product allows parents to find, book, and pay for childcare reliably while helping providers streamline scheduling and payments.

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

We live in San Francisco and have some remote team members. The company is based in San Francisco and plans to remain headquartered here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco gives us access to the talent we need, a robust tech ecosystem, and potential early adopters among working parents. Remote flexibility lets us keep costs manageable while growing.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Kinside YC application?

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