Mino Games YC Application

Winter 2011Active

Mino Games went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2011 batch as a Consumer 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 2011
Industry: ConsumerGaming
Team size: 11
Status: Active
Launched: 2012

Founders

Josh BuckleyFounder/CEO

What Mino Games does

Top-25 grossing mobile gaming studio. Backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Y Combinator.

Mino Games's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Mino Games, Winter 2011 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Mino Games

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Mobile games company

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

We make mobile games, focusing on engaging, top-grossing titles like Mini Monsters. Our games are designed to captivate casual players with simple yet deep gameplay that keeps them coming back on their phones.

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

We live and work between San Francisco, CA, and Montreal, QC. After YC, the company will remain based in both locations to leverage the talent there.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We picked these locations because San Francisco gives us access to investors and the startup ecosystem, while Montreal has a strong pool of game developers who understand mobile gaming development.

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 Mino Games YC application?

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