SalaryBook

SalaryBook YC Application

Summer 2021Active

SalaryBook went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2021 batch as a B2B 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
B2B
Team size
7
Status
Active
Launched
2021

Founders

  • Apoorva Sharma
    Apoorva SharmaFounder
  • Poorva Dixit
    Poorva DixitFounder

What SalaryBook does

SalaryBook is an payroll, employee attendance and Expense management app for 60 million Indian SMEs. SMBs see in our app a one stop solution for running their business. Starting from seamless on-boarding of employees to managing their payroll and attendance. Our app includes some cool features like selfie & location based attendance marking. Say goodbye to the traditional punch in attendance systems & replace it with a click of a button on SalaryBook mobile app. SalaryBook also helps 400M Indian blue-collar employees to create their first ever credit & skills profile online.

SalaryBook's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

SalaryBook

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Mobile first solution for Payroll, employee & expense management

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

We built a mobile app for Indian small and medium businesses to manage payroll, employee attendance, and expenses. The app replaces outdated punch-in systems with selfie and location-based attendance. It also helps employees build credit and skills profiles for the first time.

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

We live in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, and after YC the company will continue to be based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based in Bengaluru where most of our team and early users are. It's the business hub and center for the SMEs we serve in India.

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 SalaryBook YC application?

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

What YC batch was SalaryBook in?

SalaryBook was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2021 batch.

Who founded SalaryBook?

SalaryBook was founded by Apoorva Sharma, Poorva Dixit.

What does SalaryBook do?

Mobile first solution for Payroll, employee & expense management

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of SalaryBook's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.

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