Shopular YC Application

Winter 2012Acquired

Shopular went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2012 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: Winter 2012
Industry: ConsumerHome and Personal
Team size: 11
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2011

Founders

Tommy Sze Ngai TsaiFounder

What Shopular does

Shopular is changing the way people use their mobile phones to shop. Available on iPhone and Android, the innovative mobile app notifies users of personalized sales and coupons when they are near a store or mall. Shopular is the highest rated app in its category and ranked by Time Magazine among the 50 best iPhone apps of 2013. Shopular is founded by engineers from Google, Shopkick and Loopt. We are backed by Sequoia Capital and Y Combinator and headquartered in downtown Redwood City, minutes from Cal Train.

Shopular's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Shopular, Winter 2012 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Shopular

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Deals, Coupons & Cash Back for Stores

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

We built a mobile app for iPhone and Android that notifies users of personalized sales and coupons when they're near a stores or malls. The app helps people save money by surfacing relevant deals exactly when and where they shop.

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

We live and work in Redwood City, CA, and the company is headquartered here, just minutes from Cal Train downtown.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We picked Redwood City because it's close to our network in Silicon Valley and convenient for our engineers. It's also where we live, so it keeps us focused on building rather than relocating.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Shopular YC application?

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