Style Lend YC Application

Winter 2014Inactive

Style Lend went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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: Winter 2014
Industry: ConsumerApparel and Cosmetics
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2013

Founders

Lona AliaFounder/CEO
Janete PerezFounder

What Style Lend does

Style Lend is a marketplace for luxury fashion rentals. Members can monetize their closets by listing their items directly on the iOS app or the website. And other members can rent them directly for a 7 day period.

Style Lend's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Style Lend, Winter 2014 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Style Lend

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Marketplace for Luxury Fashion Rentals

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

We built a marketplace where people can list luxury fashion items from their closets and rent them out for a 7-day period. Renters browse and rent directly through our iOS app or website. We enable members to monetize their wardrobes and access styles without buying.

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

We live in New York, NY, and the company is based here as well, with some remote work on the team.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York is where the fashion community is active and where luxury closets exist. It keeps us close to our initial users and the fashion ecosystem we serve.

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 Style Lend YC application?

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