Clutch YC Application

Summer 2011Acquired

Clutch went through Y Combinator in the Summer 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: Summer 2011
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 2
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2012

Founders

Eric FlorenzanoFounder

What Clutch does

Clutch.io builds tools for mobile application developers. Clutch's line of tools helps developers overcome some common problems with mobile app development including A/B testing for mobile apps as well as a framework that enables developers to iterate much faster.

Clutch's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Clutch, Summer 2011 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Clutch

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Tools to help mobile app developers iterate faster

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

We build a library for native iOS apps that developers can easily integrate to add tools like A/B testing and analytics. Our framework helps mobile app teams ship changes and experiments faster, solving common problems around iteration speed and measurement.

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

We live in San Francisco, and the company would be based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We both live in San Francisco already, which is the center of mobile app development and has great access to developers to test and give feedback. Staying here keeps us close to our users and potential partners.

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 Clutch YC application?

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