Queenly YC Application

Winter 2021Inactive

Queenly 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: ConsumerApparel and Cosmetics
Team size: 13
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2021

Founders

Trisha BantigueFounder
Kathy Zhou-PatelFounder

What Queenly does

Live on iOS, Android and our web app (queenly.com). Queenly is the leading online marketplace for the formalwear industry. We are a Y Combinator company and backed by some of the top VC's in Silicon Valley such as Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), NextView Ventures, The House Fund, and more. The Queenly cofounders were also recently featured on the Forbes 30 Under 30: Art and Style cover for 2022. At Queenly, our mission is simple: make every woman look and feel like a queen. We strive to empower women and to feel confidently beautiful in their own skin by providing cutting-edge technology, seamless logistics, white-glove customer service and unique expertise within the industry.

Queenly's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Queenly

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Leading marketplace for formalwear

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

Queenly is an online marketplace connecting women looking for formalwear with sellers offering new, pre-owned, or rental gowns and accessories. We provide a focused, easy-to-use platform across iOS, Android, and web to browse, buy, and rent dresses for proms, weddings, and other events. We handle complex logistics like authentication, shipment, and returns to simplify the process.

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

We live and work in San Francisco, CA. The company is based here as well, leveraging local tech and fashion resources.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we have found the talent and investor support needed to build and scale a marketplace in an underserved apparel category. It also positions us well to connect with formalwear sellers and users looking for premium options.

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 Queenly YC application?

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