Pigeon YC Application

Winter 2022Inactive

Pigeon went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2022 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: Winter 2022
Industry: Fintech
Team size: 5
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2022

Founders

Brian Bristol
Kaben Clauson

What Pigeon does

Pigeon is a relationship based technology platform that facilitates the creation and management of loans between friends, family, loved ones, and anyone who trusts one another. By providing smarter ways for people to mix money with their relationships, Pigeon seeks to empower individuals to borrow and lend money with the people they trust.

Pigeon's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Pigeon, Winter 2022 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Pigeon

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Simplifying loans with your friends & family.

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

We built a platform that lets people create and manage loans between friends, family, and anyone they trust. It tracks promises, payments, and interactions so people can mix money and relationships without awkwardness or confusion.

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

We live in Miami, FL and the company is based here and remote. After YC, we'd keep the core team distributed with Miami as a hub.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Miami has a growing tech scene and strong talent pool; being remote lets us tap into people outside traditional hubs. It keeps costs lower while staying connected to varied users.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Pigeon YC application?

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