Forward YC Application

Profile updated September 9, 2026Fall 2026Active

San Francisco, CA, USA

Forward went through Y Combinator in the Fall 2026 batch as a B2B 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: Fall 2026
Industry: B2B
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Team size: 5
Status: Active
Launched: 2026

Founders

Daniel YoonFounder/CEO
Riley JanjisFounder
Darryl LuoFounder/CTO

What Forward does

An AI platform that connects commercial debt advisors with mandate matching private credit funds.

Forward's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Forward, Fall 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Forward

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI platform connecting debt advisors & credit funds.

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

Forward is an AI platform that connects commercial debt advisors with private credit funds looking for new mandates. We help debt advisors match their clients' needs to private credit funds' investment strategies, directly inside our app. This brings both sides onto a single platform to find the right deals, faster.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, where the company will stay after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We're based in San Francisco because it's where we can best hire, iterate, and access partners in fintech and AI.

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 Forward YC application?

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