NexTravel YC Application

Winter 2015Acquired

NexTravel 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: B2BFinance and Accounting
Team size: 17
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2014

Founders

Wen-Wen LamFounder/CEO
Alexey PakhomovFounder

What NexTravel does

NexTravel is a platform for companies to manage and streamline travel. We help companies get access to corporate/group negotiated rates for hotels, cars - making booking travel easier and more cost-effective. Email us at or go to to find out more.

NexTravel's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

NexTravel

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Centralized corporate travel booking platform

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

We built a platform that helps companies manage and book travel by centralizing access to corporate and group-negotiated rates on hotels and cars. Our product simplifies travel booking for companies while reducing their costs and streamlining management.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where our team is located and where most of our potential customers and travel partners are accessible. Being here keeps us close to the startup ecosystem and early clients.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real NexTravel YC application?

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