Seed YC Application

Winter 2015Acquired

Seed went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2015 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: Winter 2015
Industry: FintechBanking and Exchange
Team size: 11
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2014

Founders

Brian MerrittFounder/CEO
Ryan HildebrandFounder

What Seed does

Seed is simply a better way to bank. As a mobile first banking service designed with the small business in mind, Seed empowers small businesses with modern, easy-to-use digital tools and customer-support resources for starting, running, and growing a business. With Seed, business banking has never been easier. Learn more at

Seed's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Seed, Winter 2015 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Seed

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Mobile banking for small business

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

We're building a mobile-first business banking service designed specifically for small businesses. Seed combines digital tools to manage banking with customer support focused on business needs, making banking easier and more accessible for small business owners.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company would be based here after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is the best place for a fintech startup like ours because of the tech talent, access to financial partners, and proximity to investors.

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 Seed YC application?

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