Viacycle YC Application

Summer 2012Inactive

Viacycle went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2012 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: Summer 2012
Industry: ConsumerTransportation Services
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2012

Founders

Kyle AzevedoFounder/CEO
Sid DoshiFounder/CTO
Koji IntlekoferFounder/COO
Yuriy RomaniwFounder/Hardware Design and Fabrication Engineer

What Viacycle does

viaCycle brings affordable, sustainable transportation to areas that need it most. Our revolutionary bike sharing technology can create a bike program anywhere, in days rather than months. ViaCycle is committed to the ideals of sustainability - enduring economic prosperity, interconnected, sustainable mobility, and a healthier way of life. We combine new ideas in transportation with cutting edge IT to achieve these ideals and open new channels for people to live and work the way they want.

Viacycle's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Viacycle, Summer 2012 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Viacycle

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Inexpensive, simple bike sharing systems

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

We're building a bike sharing system designed to get affordable bikes into places that urgently need transportation options. Our product includes the hardware and software to launch a bike sharing program in days rather than months, making it simple for cities or communities to deploy and manage.

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

We live in Atlanta, GA, and the company is currently based there. We plan to stay based in Atlanta after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Atlanta is our home and a city with transportation challenges where we can test and refine our system quickly. Being local helps us stay close to communities that benefit most from affordable mobility.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Viacycle YC application?

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