malibou YC Application

Winter 2024Active

malibou went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2024 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: Winter 2024
Industry: B2BHuman Resources
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2024

Founders

Maxence DrummondFounder
Alexandre PerninFounder

What malibou does

malibou is a web application helping French SMBs to manage employees, run payroll and track compliance in a single app. When processing payroll in France, you either have the choice between an accountant with good advice but no way to connect an HRIS with him, or a good HRIS that does not include payroll services. It was time for a change, to finally bring payroll and HR at the same place. Due to increasing competition in the space, French payroll engines have just opened their APIs. This allows us to offer a unified payroll and HR solution, which wasn't possible before.

malibou's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

malibou, Winter 2024 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

malibou

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

All-in-one payroll and HR software for French SMBs

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

We built a web app that helps small and medium businesses in France manage employees, handle payroll, and ensure legal compliance all in one place. Our product connects HR management with payroll services, which previously never worked together well because payroll engines only recently opened their APIs.

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

We live and work in Paris, Île-de-France. After YC, the company will remain based in Paris.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We chose to build malibou in Paris because it's where we live and understand the local payroll and HR complexities of French SMBs. Staying here helps us stay close to our customers and the regulatory environment.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real malibou YC application?

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