marketfeed YC Application

Summer 2021Active

marketfeed went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2021 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: Summer 2021
Industry: FintechConsumer Finance
Team size: 55
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Sharique SamsudheenFounder
Sooraj ElamanaFounder

What marketfeed does

marketfeed offers an automated trading platform that helps users earn returns through sophisticated options trading strategies. By connecting their broker's account, users can automate expert-developed strategies. The platform automatically executes trades, providing the potential for periodic earnings without the need for constant monitoring.

marketfeed's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

marketfeed, Summer 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

marketfeed

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Automated options trading for affluent Indians

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

We built an automated trading platform that connects to users' brokerage accounts in India and runs expert-designed options trading strategies. The system executes trades automatically so users can earn periodic returns without needing to constantly monitor markets or learn complex strategies themselves.

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

We live and work across Bengaluru, Karnataka, and Kochi, Kerala. The company is based in these two cities and would remain so after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Both Bengaluru and Kochi offer strong engineering talent pools. We've already built a team of 55 across these locations. Being in India keeps us close to our user base and the financial markets we operate in.

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 marketfeed YC application?

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