Restocks YC Application

Winter 2016Inactive

Restocks went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2016 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 2016
Industry: ConsumerApparel and Cosmetics
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2015

Founders

Luke MilesFounder

What Restocks does

Restocks offers its users with instant notifications when the brands they like releases new items, restocks, and go on sale. The company offers its users with commerce and builds engaging shopping experiences on mobile platforms. It is funded by Y Combinator and angel investors. It helps its users stay updated with the brands they like, choose the updates they care about, view recent releases, restocks, and price drops, check stock and buy without leaving the app, and save profiles to check out. Restocks is a U.S.-based company that was founded in 2015.

Restocks's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Restocks, Winter 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Restocks

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Buy sneakers and streetwear here

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

We built an app that sends instant notifications when sneaker and streetwear brands release new items, restock products, or go on sale. Users can check stock and buy directly without leaving the app, and save profiles to track the updates they care about. It's for people who follow limited-release fashion and want to act fast.

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

We live in San Francisco currently, and the company would remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Being in San Francisco keeps us close to our early users, investors, and the fashion and e-commerce tech scene. It's where our network is and where sneaker culture thrives.

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 Restocks YC application?

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