ZiffyHomes YC Application

Summer 2018Active

ZiffyHomes went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2018 batch as a Real Estate and Construction 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 2018
Industry: Real Estate and ConstructionHousing and Real Estate
Team size: 57
Status: Active
Launched: 2018

Founders

Sanchal RanjanFounder/CEO
Saurabh KumarFounder

What ZiffyHomes does

ZiffyHomes is a living solace for young professionals with beautiful living spaces, vibrant community, excellent services and full time support to all our customers. We work towards providing the highest standards of living for young professionals and saving them from woes of house hunt. We wish to provide a space for them where they can flourish. Founded by Saurabh Kumar & Sanchal Ranjan where they are fascinated about formation of communities around both living and working spaces in a country like India for the last 15 years of their educational and corporate lifetimes and now fostering India's first physical social network via co-living. Join us on our journey of excited times ahead. Visit us at or follow our progress on: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram:

ZiffyHomes's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

ZiffyHomes, Summer 2018 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

ZiffyHomes

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Managed corporate housing for professionals

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

We build and operate fully-managed corporate housing spaces for white collar employees in India. Our product combines beautiful living spaces with community features and round-the-clock support, solving the pain of finding and maintaining quality housing for young professionals.

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

We live and are based in Gurugram, Haryana, India, and the company will remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Gurugram is the hub for corporate offices and young professionals in India. Being located here keeps us close to our customers and properties, which is critical to operating physical housing and community services.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real ZiffyHomes YC application?

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