Playmaker YC Application

Winter 2021Inactive

Playmaker went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2021 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: Winter 2021
Industry: ConsumerContent
Team size: 5
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2021

Founders

Neil MurrayFounder
Helder AlmeidaFounder

What Playmaker does

We're building the social, infrastructure layer for players of fantasy sports games, to provide them with a centralised place where they can own their identity as a fantasy sports player and get additional enjoyment and engagement out of watching live sports alongside their friends.

Playmaker's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Playmaker, Winter 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Playmaker

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Community for fantasy sports players

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

We are building a social layer for fantasy sports players to centralize their identity and increase engagement while watching live games with friends. The product gives players a place to connect, compete, and share insights tied to their fantasy lineups.

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

We live in Copenhagen, Denmark, and the company would remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We picked Copenhagen because this is where we live and can focus fully on building the product together with our small team.

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 Playmaker YC application?

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