New Story YC Application

Summer 2015Active

New Story went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2015 batch as a Real Estate and Construction 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 2015
Industry: Real Estate and Construction
Team size: 20
Status: Active
Launched: 2015

Founders

Brett HaglerFounder/CEO
Matthew MarshallFounder

What New Story does

Since its inception, NS has raised over $80 million to build thousands of homes across Latin America and impact ~20,000 individuals. In 2021, NS launched a venture capital fund, Hometeam Ventures, focused on early-stage construction and housing innovations. NS graduated from Y Combinator and is a 4x recipient of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Company.

New Story's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

New Story, Summer 2015 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

New Story

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

We build homes for people without shelter.

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

We build homes for families who live in extreme poverty and inadequate housing conditions in Latin America. We raise donations and use technology to efficiently manage home construction projects that provide safe, stable homes to those in need.

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

We live in Atlanta, GA, and the company is based here after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Atlanta is where our team is located and where we can coordinate our projects in Latin America and fundraising efforts efficiently.

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 New Story YC application?

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