Wanderlog YC Application

Winter 2019Active

Wanderlog 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

Peter XuFounder
Harry YuFounder

What Wanderlog does

Wanderlog is the one-stop app for planning your next vacation, with a focus on excellent design. You can track your plans in our collaborative document, discover new places to visit and hotels to book, and share travel advice with friends and fellow travelers.

Wanderlog's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Wanderlog, Winter 2019 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Wanderlog

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Travel planner for researching, organizing, and mapping trips

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

We built Wanderlog to be a single app where people can research destinations, organize itineraries collaboratively, map out their daily plans, and share travel tips. It's designed for travelers who want to plan trips without juggling multiple apps or messy notes.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company is based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has access to talent, a strong startup culture, and proximity to early users who travel frequently. It just makes sense for us to be rooted here.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Wanderlog YC application?

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