Repool YC Application

Summer 2021Active

Repool went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2021 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 2021
Industry: FintechAsset Management
Team size: 11
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Kevin FuFounder

What Repool does

Repool makes it easy to launch and operate private funds, like Carta or Juniper for hedge funds. We build modern back office software and services to modernize and simplify launch, fund administration, and LP onboarding.

Repool's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Repool, Summer 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Repool

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Modernizing hedge fund back office software

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

We build software and services that simplify launching and operating private hedge funds. Think Carta or Juniper, but for hedge funds: fund administration, LP onboarding, and back office operations that are usually tedious and fragmented. Our product streamlines fund setup, compliance workflows, and investor relations in one platform tailored to this niche.

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

We live in New York City, and after YC the company will be based here as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Our customers and the hedge fund industry are heavily concentrated in New York, making it the natural base. We are close to our market and partners, and it's where we have existing professional networks.

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 Repool YC application?

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