Quero Education YC Application

Summer 2016Active

Quero Education went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2016 batch as a Education 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: Summer 2016
Industry: Education
Team size: 200
Status: Active
Launched: 2016

Founders

Bernardo de PaduaFounder/CEO
Thiago BrandãoFounder

What Quero Education does

Quero is an online marketplace for college programs in Brazil. It helps students search, compare and enroll in programs in over 1200 partner colleges, saving money on tuition. Follow Us: facebook.com/queroedu instagram.com/queroedu twitter.com/queroedu quero.education/carreiras

Quero Education's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Quero Education, Summer 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Quero Education

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Online marketplace for Brazilian college programs

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

We built Quero as a platform that helps students in Brazil find, compare, and enroll in college programs from over 1200 partner institutions. It's a marketplace focused on saving students money on tuition by giving transparent and consolidated options.

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

We live and work in São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil. Post-YC, the company would remain based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

This is where we have our network, partner colleges, and early traction. The Brazilian market is underserved for students looking online for college programs and financial savings, so local presence is critical.

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 Quero Education YC application?

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