Zipio YC Application

Winter 2012Inactive

Zipio went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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: Winter 2012
Industry: ConsumerSocial
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2011

Founders

Sanjay MavinkurveFounder
Vijay BoyapatiFounder

Zipio's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Zipio, Winter 2012 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Zipio

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Deal search service

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

We built Zipio as a platform to help users find deals and discounts across multiple sites without having to search everywhere manually. It aggregates and organizes deals so users can quickly discover offers relevant to them. The product solves the pain of deal hunters wasting time jumping between sites and missing good opportunities.

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

We currently don't have a fixed base or location. After YC, we plan to be wherever is best for growth and access to resources, likely near the Bay Area.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Because we are early stage and remote, location is flexible. We want to be where we can move fastest and connect to YC and the startup ecosystem if accepted.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Zipio YC application?

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