Pulley YC Application

Winter 2020Active

Pulley went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2020 batch as a B2B 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: B2BFinance and Accounting
Team size: 68
Status: Active
Launched: 2020

Founders

Yin WuFounder
Grant OladipoFounder

What Pulley does

Pulley is the cap table and equity management platform that helps founders and finance teams manage their equity. For early stage companies, Pulley helps founders get started on hiring and fundraising, avoid expensive equity mistakes, and save thousands on legal fees. With Pulley, you can compare different funding scenarios, raise capital, and set up equity grants for employees. Our tools help companies answer important questions such as: 1. How much of the company will I own after my next round? 2. How will pro-rata rights impact my ownership in future rounds? 3. How do I explain the value of equity to candidates? Equity is a company's single most important asset. Pulley gives companies insights into their equity, so they can make smarter decisions around hiring and fundraising, while proactively staying ahead of tax filings and accounting. If you are looking for a way to manage your cap table, try Pulley at

Pulley's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Pulley, Winter 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Pulley

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Manage equity and cap tables

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

We built a cap table and equity management platform that helps founders and finance teams track ownership, run funding scenarios, create employee equity grants, and avoid expensive mistakes in fundraising and hiring. It provides clear insights into how equity is divided and what happens after financing rounds, helping companies stay ahead of tax filings and accounting requirements.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA and Pulley is based there as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where most early stage startups and investors are, so it's the natural place to build a product directly for founders and finance teams.

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 Pulley YC application?

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