Look After My Bills

Look After My Bills YC Application

Winter 2018Acquired

Look After My Bills went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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
Winter 2018
Industry
FintechConsumer Finance
Team size
2
Status
Acquired
Launched
2017

Founders

  • Will Hodson
    Will HodsonFounder
  • Henry de Zoete
    Henry de ZoeteFounder

What Look After My Bills does

Look After My Bills is a new auto-switching service making sure you're always on the best possible energy deal.

Look After My Bills's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Look After My Bills, Winter 2018 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Look After My Bills

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

We optimise your bills, every year, automatically.

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

We built an auto-switching service for energy bills in the UK. It tracks your current energy tariff and automatically switches you to better deals each year, so you never pay more than you need. It's designed to save users money without any effort.

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

We live in England, United Kingdom, and the company is based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Being located in the UK lets us focus on the UK energy market, where we know the regulations, suppliers, and switching mechanisms. Staying local helps us build direct relationships with suppliers and better serve UK customers.

21 more answers in the full application

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Look After My Bills YC application?

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

What YC batch was Look After My Bills in?

Look After My Bills was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2018 batch.

Who founded Look After My Bills?

Look After My Bills was founded by Will Hodson, Henry de Zoete.

What does Look After My Bills do?

Personal fintech - we optimise your bills, every year, automatically.

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Look After My Bills's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.

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