yearend YC Application
yearend went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2020 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 2020
- Industry
- FintechConsumer Finance
- Team size
- 7
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2020
Founders
Jared HobbsFounder/CTO
Sean O'KeefeFounder
What yearend does
YearEnd helps startup employees optimize their equity and taxes, and can also file their tax returns. They simply connect their financial accounts and YearEnd will tell them how much tax they’ll owe and will make recommendations on how to make better decisions. At the end of the year, YearEnd can also file their tax return for them or they can collaborate with their existing tax accountant.
yearend's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
yearend, Winter 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
yearend
Optimize your equity and taxes in real-time.
We built a platform that helps startup employees see their equity and tax picture in real-time. Users connect their financial accounts, and YearEnd calculates how much tax they owe and suggests better moves. At year-end, we either file their tax returns or integrate with their accountant.
We're based in San Francisco, CA with a partly remote team. After YC, we'd remain based in San Francisco, continuing to build here where the startup ecosystem is.
San Francisco is where most of our users are and where we connect best to the startup and fintech communities. Our team is partly remote but needs to be near this hub to build relationships and hire talent.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real yearend YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from yearend's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like yearend would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was yearend in?
yearend was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2020 batch.
Who founded yearend?
yearend was founded by Jared Hobbs, Sean O'Keefe.
What does yearend do?
Optimize your equity and taxes in real-time.
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of yearend's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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