Roomblocker YC Application

Summer 2015Inactive

Roomblocker went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2015 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: Summer 2015
Industry: ConsumerTravel, Leisure and Tourism
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2015

Founders

Dave YenFounder/CEO
Michael WangFounder/CTO

Roomblocker's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Roomblocker, Summer 2015 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Roomblocker

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Hotel booking for groups and events

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

We built Roomblocker to help groups and event planners book hotel blocks easily and efficiently. Instead of managing multiple individual reservations, our platform aggregates group bookings, making it simpler for organizers to secure rooms and for hotels to manage group rates and availability.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company is based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We built Roomblocker in San Francisco because it's a major hub for travel, events, and startups. This location helps us stay close to event planners and hotels we want to work with and lets us move fast.

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.

See full application

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Roomblocker YC application?

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