Tuxebo YC Application

Summer 2009Inactive

Tuxebo went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2009 batch as a Real Estate and Construction 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 2009
Industry: Real Estate and Construction
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2012

Founders

Manvir KenthFounder
Joachim KrebsFounder

What Tuxebo does

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Tuxebo's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Tuxebo, Summer 2009 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Tuxebo

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Platform for renting things

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

We built a marketplace platform that connects people who want to rent out items with those who need to borrow them temporarily. It solves the hassle of finding and managing rentals for everyday things by providing a simple way to list and rent items locally.

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

We live remotely and would remain remote after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We built this to serve users wherever they are, so being remote keeps us flexible and close to early customers without relocation overhead.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Tuxebo YC application?

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