Tilt (f.k.a. Delphia) YC Application

Winter 2018Active

Tilt (f.k.a. Delphia) went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2018 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: Winter 2018
Industry: FintechConsumer Finance
Team size: 25
Status: Active
Launched: 2017

Founders

Andrew PeekFounder/CEO
Cliff van der LindenFounder/CEO

What Tilt (f.k.a. Delphia) does

Tilt lets anyone build evidence-backed, point-in-time, and deterministic rules-based investment strategies... in minutes. All you need is a prompt - whether a theme, trend, or detailed thesis - we'll take care of the rest. Advisors also use Tilt to customize their client portfolios with tax considerations and investment preferences. If you're thinking about working here, we're on a mission to price the world's information.

Tilt (f.k.a. Delphia)'s YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Tilt (f.k.a. Delphia), Winter 2018 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Tilt (f.k.a. Delphia)

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Build custom indexes from web content

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

We build a tool that lets anyone create investment strategies based on any content they find online. Give us a prompt - a theme, a trend, or a detailed thesis - and we generate evidence-backed, point-in-time, rules-based portfolios in minutes. Advisors use this to tailor client portfolios considering tax and preferences.

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

We live in Toronto, ON and operate remotely. After YC, the company would remain based in Toronto with a distributed team.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We're based in Toronto because that's where we live and built our initial product. The remote model fits what we need and lets us tap talent without relocating.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Tilt (f.k.a. Delphia) YC application?

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