SpotAngels YC Application

Summer 2014Active

SpotAngels went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2014 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 2014
Industry: ConsumerTransportation Services
Team size: 11
Status: Active
Launched: 2014

Founders

Thomas CottinFounder/CTO
Aboud JardanehFounder

What SpotAngels does

SpotAngels is Waze for parking. It helps drivers find free parking, protect themselves from parking tickets and get garage deals.

SpotAngels's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

SpotAngels, Summer 2014 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

SpotAngels

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Waze for parking

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

We built a mobile app that helps drivers find free street parking, avoid tickets, and discover garage deals. It maps parking rules and crowdsources updates, making parking easier and less stressful in cities.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has some of the worst parking problems and a tech-savvy population, making it ideal for solving parking issues. Being here puts us close to talent, our early users, and potential partners.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real SpotAngels YC application?

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