Clickpass YC Application

Summer 2007Acquired

Clickpass went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2007 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 2007
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 11
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2012

Founders

Peter NixeyFounder

What Clickpass does

Clickpass provides single-sign-on services to enter into various websites by using a single password. Clickpass is headquartered in San Francisco, California

Clickpass's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Clickpass, Summer 2007 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Clickpass

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Single sign-on with one password for multiple websites

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

We are building a single-sign-on service that lets users access multiple websites with one password. Our product simplifies login management for engineering, product, and design teams who deal with numerous web services, improving security and reducing friction.

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

We live in London and San Francisco. After YC, we plan to base the company in San Francisco to be close to our users and investors.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We split time between London and San Francisco for access to tech talent and market; YC will anchor us in San Francisco where our early customers and network are.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Clickpass YC application?

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