Solva YC Application

Summer 2025Active

Solva went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2025 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: Summer 2025
Industry: FintechInsurance
Team size: 15
Status: Active
Launched: 2025

Founders

Herman Båverud OlssonCEO & Co-founder
Sorena AminiCOO & Co-founder
Linus MalménCo-founder and CTO

What Solva does

The domain specific AI for claims that gives leading insurers clarity and speed on the most complex claims

Solva's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Solva, Summer 2025 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Solva

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Automates insurance claims and stops incorrect payouts

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

We are building a domain-specific AI tailored to insurance claims. It helps leading insurers handle the most complex claims faster and more accurately by automating error-prone, manual review steps and spotting incorrect payouts.

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

We don't specify a fixed location publicly. The company is remote and flexible. After YC, we plan to stay distributed to reach insurance clients globally.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We stay distributed because insurance markets and clients are spread across regions, and the best talent for this niche isn't all in one place. Remote enables us to move fast and tap into the right expertise and customers worldwide.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Solva YC application?

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