Koala YC Application

Winter 2022Active

Koala went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2022 batch as a Education 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 2022
Industry: Education
Team size: 11
Status: Active
Launched: 2022

Founders

Xavier Lesage MorettiFounder
Benjamin RouxFounder

What Koala does

PROBLEM 😩 Zoom is great for adults, not ideal to engage an 8 year old online. SOLUTION 🔥 Koala Go, the award-winning interactive platform for online teaching businesses. Learn more at

Koala's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Koala, Winter 2022 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Koala

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Minecraft for Teachers

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

We're building Koala Go, an interactive platform that helps teachers run engaging online classes for kids. It replaces clunky tools like Zoom with a space designed specifically for teaching 8-year-olds, making online learning interactive and fun.

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

We live in San Francisco and work remotely. After YC, the company will remain based in San Francisco.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Being in San Francisco keeps us close to the tech and education startup ecosystem. Remote work gives us flexibility, but we want to be near YC and potential partners.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Koala YC application?

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