Lynks YC Application

Winter 2016Active

Lynks went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2016 batch as a Consumer 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 2016
Industry: ConsumerApparel and Cosmetics
Team size: 40
Status: Active
Launched: 2015

Founders

Mostafa ElBatshFounder/CEO

What Lynks does

Lynks is an e-commerce company that makes high demand products accessible to people in developing countries.

Lynks's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Lynks, Winter 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Lynks

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

E-commerce platform for high demand products

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

We build an e-commerce platform that makes essential, high demand products accessible to people in developing countries, focusing especially on apparel and cosmetics. Our platform connects users in emerging markets with products they often can't find locally at affordable prices.

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

We live and operate in Alexandria Governorate, Egypt, and plan to base the company there after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We're based in Alexandria because that's where we understand the local market and customer needs best. Our team is local, and we want to stay close to the emerging markets we serve, rather than move to Silicon Valley.

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.

See full application

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Lynks YC application?

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