Cloudstitch YC Application

Summer 2015Acquired

Cloudstitch went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2015 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 2015
Industry: B2BProductivity
Team size: 4
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2015

Founders

Ted BensonFounder/CEO
Jake LauFounder/CEO

What Cloudstitch does

Cloudstitch is an early-stage, venture-backed, Y Combinator start-up serving the developer community based on research started at MIT. Their web developer platform connects webs/mobile apps with ordinary spreadsheets, replacing custom databases and the infrastructure surrounding it. The data flows both ways: updating your spreadsheet automatically changes the website, and interacting with the website changes your spreadsheet. They’re used in production by thousands of web developers on both the Google and Microsoft Office platforms. Their mission is to democratize the web, making web development simpler. faster, and more intuitive.

Cloudstitch's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Cloudstitch, Summer 2015 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Cloudstitch

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Power your website with Google Spreadsheets.

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

We build a web developer platform that connects websites and mobile apps directly with Google and Microsoft Office spreadsheets. Changes in the spreadsheet update the website automatically, and interactions on the website update the spreadsheet. This replaces custom databases and the surrounding infrastructure, making it simpler to build data-driven web apps.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA and the company will remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we live and where the developer community we serve is concentrated. It also makes sense to be close to investors and other startups in productivity tools.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Cloudstitch YC application?

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