Plura (formerly Bloom Community) YC Application

Winter 2020Active

Plura (formerly Bloom Community) went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2020 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 2020
Industry: ConsumerSocial
Team size: 5
Status: Active
Launched: 2020

Founders

Lauren (Luna) Ray VegterFounder

What Plura (formerly Bloom Community) does

Plura (formerly Bloom Community) is a YCombinator backed startup based in Oakland, CA on a mission to use software to bring people together. Plura is a social and dating community that helps you meet new friends and partners organically through shared events and experiences. We partner with local event producers to help you connect and chat with other attendees before and after events. And, with a strong consent culture and referral-based community, we're the safest place to meet new partners and friends. The team is led by Luna Ray. Luna spent 5 years at Facebook, most recently leading viral user growth for Instagram from 700M to past a billion users in two years.

Plura (formerly Bloom Community)'s YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Plura (formerly Bloom Community), Winter 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Plura (formerly Bloom Community)

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

The social app for edge-of-culture communities

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

We built a social and dating app focused on connecting people through local events and shared experiences. Users meet others organically by joining events, chatting before and after, all within a community that emphasizes consent and referrals to keep things safe.

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

We live in Oakland, CA, and the company will remain based there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Oakland is where our team lives and works. It's our community, and we focus on local event partnerships here - it's the right place to build our product and culture.

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 Plura (formerly Bloom Community) YC application?

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

What YC batch was Plura (formerly Bloom Community) in?

Plura (formerly Bloom Community) was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2020 batch.

Who founded Plura (formerly Bloom Community)?

Plura (formerly Bloom Community) was founded by Lauren (Luna) Ray Vegter.

What does Plura (formerly Bloom Community) do?

The social app for edge-of-culture communities

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Plura (formerly Bloom Community)'s application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.