Apportable YC Application
San Francisco, CA, USA
Apportable went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2011 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
- Winter 2011
- Industry
- B2BInfrastructure
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Team size
- 51
- Status
- Acquired
- Launched
- 2012
Founders
- Collin Jackson
What Apportable does
Apportable allows developers to cross-compile Objective-C apps to Android, without maintaining a separate code base in Java. It is used by many top-rated iOS games like Kingdom Rush and Osmos to deploy to Android stores using their existing Objective-C or C++ code.
Apportable's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Apportable, Winter 2011 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Apportable
iOS porting
We build a cross-compiler that converts Objective-C iOS apps to run on Android without rewriting them in Java. Our tool lets developers deploy their existing apps on Android stores using the same code they wrote for iOS. We handle translating iOS APIs, runtime, and native code so developers don't maintain two separate codebases.
We live in San Francisco, CA. The company is based here and will remain in San Francisco after YC.
San Francisco is where our engineering team and early customers are located. The tech ecosystem here lets us hire engineers familiar with iOS and mobile platforms, and be close to mobile game developers using our product.
21 more answers in the full application
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Apportable YC application?
No. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Apportable's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Apportable would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted. Y Combinator does not publish most applications.
What YC batch was Apportable in?
Apportable was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2011 batch.
Who founded Apportable?
Apportable was founded by Collin Jackson.
What does Apportable do?
iOS porting
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Apportable's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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