mRelief

Y Combinator Winter 2016 · North America

What it sells

mRelief has built an easy-to-use platform and web and text messaging…

Business model breakdown

Buyer: who owns the budget?

UnverifiedCommunity organizations, government benefits agencies and philanthropic funders (grants/donations).

Trigger: what makes them buy now?

UnverifiedLow SNAP enrollment among eligible people and agency caseworker capacity limits.

Workflow: what inputs become what output?

Applicant takes eligibility screener, mRelief screens and submits documents to the state via fax/email/portal or API; partners call, text and enroll applicants through Johnnie.

Economics: what it saves and how it charges

UnverifiedNonprofit funded by partnerships, philanthropy and donations; no subscription shown.

Distribution: how it reaches customers

Referral and enrollment partnerships with organizations, government agency partnerships, donate page.

Funding history and coverage

Round dateStageAmountInvestorsSource
—Y Combinator Winter 2016—Y Combinatorycombinator.com

Profiles summarize public reporting and company websites. Business-model notes are MaxBC's reading of that material, not confirmed facts; unknowns are left blank rather than guessed. Updated 2026-10-12.