Clew YC Application

Summer 2020Acquired

Clew went through Y Combinator in the Summer 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: Summer 2020
Industry: B2BInfrastructure
Team size: 2
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2020

Founders

Udara JayawardenaFounder
Haish SuchardaFounder

What Clew does

Clew lets employees see and organize files across their work apps from one place.

Clew's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Clew, Summer 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Clew

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Unified file system for the cloud

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

We're building a platform that lets employees see and organize files spread across all their work apps in one place. Instead of searching each app separately or relying on fragmented folders, Clew integrates them into a single view with consistent organization. This saves time and reduces chaos in modern cloud workflows.

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

We live and work in Toronto, ON, Canada, and the company would remain based there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We're rooted in Toronto, where the team lives and works closely. Staying here keeps our development nimble and direct; we've not outgrown the city's tech talent or access to customers yet.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Clew YC application?

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