OctaveWealth YC Application

Summer 2012Active

OctaveWealth went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2012 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: Summer 2012
Industry: B2BHuman Resources
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2012

Founders

Rikin ShahFounder/CEO

What OctaveWealth does

We’ll build the 401(k) you need to help attract and retain talent. OctaveWealth is operated by Quillu Inc, an SEC registered Investment Advisor.

OctaveWealth's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

OctaveWealth, Summer 2012 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

OctaveWealth

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

The 401(k) that helps you grow

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

We built a 401(k) platform designed specifically for startups and growing companies to attract and retain talent. Our product offers employees access to better retirement plans tailored to their needs, solving the problem of outdated, generic 401(k)s that don't engage or benefit workers well. It's operated by Quillu Inc, an SEC registered Investment Advisor, so we control both the technology and investment side.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and plan to base the company here after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is home to our team and gives us direct access to our early customers - startups and HR teams finding better ways to offer 401(k)s. Being here keeps us grounded in our market and user base.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real OctaveWealth YC application?

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