RocketLit YC Application
RocketLit 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
- 11
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2016
Founders
Brendan FinchFounder/CEO
Grenard MadrigalFounder/CTO
What RocketLit does
RocketLit gives all students better access to learning and educators access to the data they need to be most impactful. Our first product, RocketLit, is an adaptive and personalized learning platform that serves reading to students at their independent level. Students read the same content at different levels of complexity and fluidly move up reading levels as they improve. InnerOrbit is our new Science Assessment platform, giving students, teachers and administrators the practice and data they need to be successful on science tests. We serve the highest quality content and feature the most detailed reporting on the market. We’re a small and focused team working to change the world through science education. Our company has served over 650k students and we’re on track to more than double that number in the next year. We’re looking for folks who’ll grow into a leadership role within the organization.
RocketLit's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
RocketLit, Summer 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
RocketLit
Adaptive learning and assessment platform
We built RocketLit, a personalized reading platform that serves the same content to students at different reading levels, allowing them to improve and advance fluidly. We also created InnerOrbit, a science assessment platform that delivers high-quality practice and detailed data to help students and educators succeed on science tests.
We live in Santa Monica, CA and the company is based there, with some remote team members.
Santa Monica puts us near a strong talent pool and allows us to operate as a small focused team while maintaining flexibility with remote members.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real RocketLit YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from RocketLit's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like RocketLit would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was RocketLit in?
RocketLit was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2016 batch.
Who founded RocketLit?
RocketLit was founded by Brendan Finch, Grenard Madrigal.
What does RocketLit do?
RocketLit is an adaptive learning and assessment platform.
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of RocketLit's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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