Paribus YC Application

Summer 2015Acquired

Paribus went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2015 batch as a Fintech 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: Fintech
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2015

Founders

Karim AtiyehFounder

Paribus's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Paribus

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Automated price refund tracking for online shoppers

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

We built Paribus to automatically track your online purchases and request refunds when prices drop after you buy. Our product connects to users' email accounts, scans receipts from shopping sites, and monitors price changes to claim money that retailers owe back. It saves users time and gets them money they would otherwise miss.

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

We are based in New York, NY. After YC, the company would remain headquartered here, with some team members working remotely.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York offers access to a large user base and financial services expertise relevant to our fintech product. The founders live here already, so it's practical to base the company here while allowing remote work where needed.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Paribus YC application?

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