Rainbow YC Application

Summer 2019Active

Rainbow went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2019 batch as a Fintech 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 2019
Industry: FintechConsumer Finance
Team size: 28
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Christian BaroniFounder
Jin ChungFounder
Michael DemaraisFounder

Rainbow's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Rainbow, Summer 2019 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Rainbow

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Open-source, design centric blockchain software

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

We build Rainbow, a wallet and interface designed to connect people to blockchains through simple, user-friendly software. Our product focuses on design and open-source principles to make interacting with decentralized finance and crypto protocols accessible to people beyond tech-savvy users.

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

We live in New York, NY and the company is based here. After YC, we will continue to be based in New York.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York is where we have roots and a strong community of users and partners. The city offers the fintech talent and ecosystem we need to grow Rainbow effectively.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Rainbow YC application?

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