Meadow YC Application

Winter 2015Active

Meadow went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2015 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 2015
Industry: B2BRetail
Team size: 14
Status: Active
Launched: 2014

Founders

David HuaFounder/CEO
Rick HarrisonFounder/CTO
Scott A GarmanFounder
Harrison LeeFounder/Designer, Developer

What Meadow does

Headquartered in San Francisco since 2014, Meadow builds powerful Point of Sale and eCommerce software for retailers in the legal cannabis industry. Meadow’s all-in-one platform allows dispensaries to sell products, manage menus and inventory, reward customers, dispatch delivery and pick-up orders, and create exceptional in-store experiences for customers. Meadow powers dispensaries and delivery services of all sizes, utilizing technology to maintain compliance with local and state regulations, scale with the Adult Use market, and create operational efficiencies that allow these businesses to thrive in a regulated industry. Meadow’s team is dedicated to making the best retail software in cannabis, and to creating a more collaborative and inclusive legal cannabis industry. To learn more about Meadow, visit getmeadow.com.

Meadow's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Meadow, Winter 2015 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Meadow

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Point of Sale and Compliance SaaS for Cannabis Dispensaries

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

We build a software platform that acts as point of sale, inventory management, and compliance tool tailored for cannabis dispensaries. Our product helps retailers sell, manage their menus and inventory, maintain compliance with complex cannabis regulations, handle delivery and pickup orders, and manage customer rewards. It's designed specifically for the regulated cannabis market where existing retail software doesn't fit.

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

We live in San Francisco and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where the largest concentration of legal cannabis retailers is located, and it's where we started building the product and team in 2014. The local ecosystem, regulatory environment, and tech talent make SF the right place for us.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Meadow YC application?

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