OMG Digital YC Application

Summer 2016Active

OMG Digital went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2016 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: Summer 2016
Industry: ConsumerContent
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2016

Founders

Jesse AhinFounder

What OMG Digital does

We create the next gen digital media brands for African audiences. Our media properties include: OMGVoice and Bitnode

OMG Digital's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

OMG Digital, Summer 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

OMG Digital

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Content discovery platform for Africa

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

We build digital media brands like OMGVoice and Bitnode tailored to African audiences. Our platform helps users discover relevant content created specifically for Africa, improving how they find news and entertainment online.

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

We live and work in Accra, Ghana. After YC, the company will remain based in Accra.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based in Accra because that is where the problem exists and where our users are. Africa's digital media landscape is unique and requires local presence to understand and serve it well.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real OMG Digital YC application?

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