AdThrow YC Application

Summer 2009Inactive

AdThrow went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2009 batch as a B2B 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 2009
Industry: B2BMarketing
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2012

Founders

Andrew LevyFounder/CEO
Daniel KluesingFounder
Evan RosenfeldFounder

AdThrow's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

AdThrow, Summer 2009 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

AdThrow

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

A platform for targeted marketing campaigns

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

We built AdThrow to help businesses run targeted advertising campaigns more efficiently. Our product lets marketers define audience segments and deploy ads across channels with less manual setup and tracking friction. It organizes campaign data and automates delivery to improve ROI.

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

We all live in different locations currently. After YC, the company would be based where we can operate most efficiently as a team, potentially relocating to the Bay Area.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Since the founders are distributed, our choice of location depends on where we can best coordinate and access resources. YC's location and network make relocating there after acceptance attractive.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real AdThrow YC application?

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