The Juggernaut YC Application
The Juggernaut went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2019 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 2019
- Industry
- ConsumerContent
- Team size
- 5
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2018
Founders
Snigdha SurFounder
What The Juggernaut does
The Juggernaut is a NY-based consumer subscription company and community for the South Asia-curious. Targeted subscription media is a valuable bet: Black Entertainment Television (BET) sold to Viacom for $2.3b in 2000 and Liberty Media valued Univision at $14b in 2017. The U.S. South Asia diaspora alone has over $1 trillion of spending power and is the fastest growing demographic in the U.S., yet is underserved. We're backed by some incredible investors, including Precursor Ventures (also in The Athletic, Superhuman), Kevin Lin (co-founder, Twitch), Adam Hansmann (co-founder, The Athletic), and Balaji Srinivasan (ex-Coinbase CTO, ex-GP a16z).
The Juggernaut's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
The Juggernaut, Winter 2019 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
The Juggernaut
The global community for the South Asia-curious
We built a subscription-based consumer media platform and community focused on South Asian culture and stories. Our product delivers content and community features that connect the South Asia diaspora and those interested in the culture, filling a gap in mainstream media coverage and community engagement.
We live in New York, NY, and plan to continue basing the company here after YC.
We are based in New York because it's a major media and cultural hub with a large South Asian diaspora, which makes it an ideal place to build and grow our product and network.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real The Juggernaut YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from The Juggernaut's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like The Juggernaut would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was The Juggernaut in?
The Juggernaut was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2019 batch.
Who founded The Juggernaut?
The Juggernaut was founded by Snigdha Sur.
What does The Juggernaut do?
The global community for the South Asia-curious
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of The Juggernaut's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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