MerryMint YC Application

Winter 2014Inactive

MerryMint went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2014 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 2014
Industry: B2BOffice Management
Team size: 1
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2013

Founders

Yvonne LinFounder/CEO

What MerryMint does

MerryMint helps you discover and book virtual activities & experiences that your team can do together from home. Learn or experience something new from expert guides.

MerryMint's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

MerryMint, Winter 2014 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

MerryMint

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Virtual activities for remote teams

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

We built a platform where distributed teams can discover and book expert-led virtual activities they can do together remotely. It helps teams break out of video call fatigue with structured, shared experiences, like cooking classes or art workshops, all done online.

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

We live in San Francisco and remote locations. After YC, the company would be based in San Francisco with a remote-friendly approach.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the network and access to talent and potential customers in tech companies that are remote or hybrid. Being remote-friendly lets us tap into expertise and customers outside the city as well.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real MerryMint YC application?

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