WeatherCheck YC Application

Winter 2019Active

WeatherCheck went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2019 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 2019
Industry: FintechInsurance
Team size: 10
Status: Active
Launched: 2018

Founders

Jermaine WatkinsFounder
Demetrius GrayFounder

What WeatherCheck does

WeatherChecks application tells anyone when severe hail is about to strike and when it has in fact impacted a property. Using state of the science technologies we compute and analyze geo-weather data faster than every weather company globally. This allows companies, insurance companies specifically to gain dynamic insight into their overall exposure and enabling them to respond more quickly and efficiently to disaster.

WeatherCheck's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

WeatherCheck

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Monitor properties for hail damage risk

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

We built a system that tracks severe hail storms and analyzes their impact on specific properties. Our product uses raw geo-weather data and processes it faster than other weather companies, giving insurance companies early warning and confirmed damage reports to help them prioritize claims and respond quickly.

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

We live in Louisville, KY, and will keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Louisville is where we have roots, networks, and know the regional insurance market well. It's also a lower-cost location, which lets us stretch our resources further while we focus on product and sales.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real WeatherCheck YC application?

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