Livement YC Application

Summer 2016Active

Livement went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2016 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 2016
Industry: B2B
Team size: 45
Status: Active
Launched: 2016

Founders

Walter GonzalezFounder/CEO
Roberto ReyFounder

What Livement does

Livement (Boletomóvil in Latin America) transforms event ticketing with effortless and secure transactions. Our solution relies on controlling both the primary and secondary market, putting an end to ticket fraud and scalping. We empower event organizers with exclusive control over the secondary market, preventing ticket reselling on other web platforms. This prioritizes genuine fans and ensures fair revenue sharing among stakeholders.

Livement's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Livement, Summer 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Livement

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Selling event tickets easy and safe

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

We built Livement to make ticket sales safer and simpler for event organizers. Our platform lets organizers control both primary and secondary markets to stop fraud and scalping. It prevents tickets from being resold on third-party sites, ensuring tickets reach real fans and revenues stay with the event creators.

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

We live and work in Guadalajara, Mexico, and will base the company here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Guadalajara is our home and the hub where we understand event ticketing challenges best. Staying local helps us stay close to our early customers and the market we serve in Latin America.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Livement YC application?

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