Cadence YC Application

Winter 2020Inactive

Cadence went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2020 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 2020
Industry: B2BHuman Resources
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2020

Founders

Melissa DuFounder
Eric ParkFounder

Cadence's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Cadence, Winter 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Cadence

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Delightful team-building events for remote companies

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

We build a platform that helps remote teams run engaging team-building events. Our product simplifies organizing and delivering activities that help remote employees connect beyond day-to-day work. It includes curated event ideas and tools to run them easily online.

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

Melissa is in San Francisco and Eric is remote. After YC, the company will be based in San Francisco.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We live apart but center operations in San Francisco for access to talent and investors, and to be close to a large concentration of tech companies who benefit from remote team-building.

21 more answers in the full application

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Cadence YC application?

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