RiskCube YC Application

Fall 2024Active

RiskCube went through Y Combinator in the Fall 2024 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: Fall 2024
Industry: FintechInsurance
Team size: 3
Status: Active
Launched: 2024

Founders

Andrei CraciunescuFounder & CEO

What RiskCube does

When startups sell to enterprise, get regulated, or raise capital, they need to get insurance. RiskCube helps startups and growing businesses become vendor-ready faster. By leveraging AI and licensed brokers, RiskCube compares top-rated U.S. carriers to deliver coverage required to pass procurement, satisfy investors, and close enterprise deals quickly. Founders get D&O, Tech E&O, Cyber, General Liability, Product Liability, and COIs - built for AI/SaaS, Fintech, GovTech, Space, and Web3 startups creating the future. We will soon also launch health & life insurance for startups.

RiskCube's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

RiskCube, Fall 2024 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

RiskCube

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Top-rated insurance for closing enterprise contracts

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

We built a platform that helps startups and growing businesses get the insurance they need to sell to enterprises, governments, and investors faster. It uses AI to compare policies from top U.S. insurance carriers and licensed brokers to deliver coverage like D&O, Tech E&O, Cyber, and General Liability - all tailored for tech startups in AI, fintech, GovTech, Web3, and more.

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

We live in San Francisco, and the company will be based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where our technical team and early customers are; it's also the hub for startups needing insurance like ours.

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 RiskCube YC application?

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