Mentorcam YC Application

Summer 2021Inactive

Mentorcam went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2021 batch as a Education 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: Education
Team size: 9
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2021

Founders

Rune HaugeFounder
Benjamin BalazsFounder

What Mentorcam does

Mentorcam is a marketplace for 1:1 business and career advice.

Mentorcam's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Mentorcam

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Mentorship from leaders of the world's best companies

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

We are building Mentorcam, a marketplace that connects people seeking career and business advice with leaders from top companies. The platform lets users book one-on-one mentorship sessions to get personalized guidance they can't find elsewhere.

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

We currently live in Los Angeles, CA, and the company would remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Los Angeles is where both of us live and work. It's where we've built the product and community so far, so it makes sense to stay here rather than relocate.

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 Mentorcam YC application?

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