Novatr YC Application

Summer 2021Active

Novatr 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: 180
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Harkunwar SinghFounder
Vipanchi HandaFounder
Chaithanya MuraliFounder

What Novatr does

Novatr (YC S21) offers online cohort-based courses for architects, engineers and designers in the AEC industry to advance their professional growth. We serve learners from 45+ countries including India, MENA, USA, Europe, and SEA. Our courses are delivered by professionals from global firms like Autodesk, BIG, Google, UNStudio, AECOM, and graduates are placed at top-tier architecture firms, construction companies and real estate companies. Project-based learning and peer-to-peer interaction in cohort makes learning enriching and increases the completion rates to 84%. Learners work in groups of 2-6 on live projects and create significant outputs from scratch. The company is led by alumni of SPA Delhi and IIT Madras.

Novatr's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Novatr

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Online cohort courses for architects & engineers

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

We offer live online cohort-based courses focused on architects, engineers, and designers in the AEC industry. Our platform facilitates project-based learning where learners work in small groups on real projects, improving completion rates and producing tangible outputs. Courses are taught by professionals from global firms and help learners advance their careers and connect with top firms for placement.

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

We live and operate primarily in Gurugram and Delhi, India, and would remain based in India after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

The core team is located in Gurugram and Delhi, so operating here gives us access to our target market and talent. We want to grow while staying close to the architecture and engineering communities we serve in these regions.

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 Novatr YC application?

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