Poppy YC Application

Winter 2016Inactive

Poppy went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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: Winter 2016
Industry: ConsumerHome and Personal
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2015

Founders

Richerd ChanFounder/CTO

What Poppy does

Poppy is a modern childcare solution for modern families. We set your family up with a team of talented and thoroughly vetted sitters. Then you just text us when you need a sitter. Simple. So you can get back to juggling dinners and dance recitals. Stop worrying about being stuck without care when you need it.

Poppy's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Poppy, Winter 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Poppy

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

We make finding childcare easy by text

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

We built a service that connects parents with vetted sitters who form a reliable care team. Parents just text us when they need a sitter, and we arrange trusted childcare quickly to fit their schedules without hassle.

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

We live in Seattle, WA, and the company will be based here after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based in Seattle because that's where we built the product, have connections in the childcare and tech communities, and where our initial users are located.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Poppy YC application?

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