Deluux YC Application

Winter 2008Inactive

Deluux went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2008 batch as a Consumer 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 2008
Industry: ConsumerSocial
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2012

Founders

Paul McKellarFounder
Philipp PfeiffenbergerFounder

What Deluux does

Deluux aims to become distributed Facebook, or inverted Ning, by relocating the center of people's online identities to their websites, which exist outside of any one social network. The service will facilitate the distribution of personalized content around the web and help drive traffic to websites. It has yet to launch.

Deluux's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Deluux, Winter 2008 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Deluux

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Relocate online identities to personal websites

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

We are building a platform that moves social networking away from centralized sites like Facebook and Ning to users' own websites. Deluux lets people distribute personalized content across the web, driving traffic back to their websites and reclaiming control of their online identities.

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

We live in Atlanta, GA and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Atlanta is where we live and work. Staying here lets us build steadily and stay connected to our network without the distractions of moving.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Deluux YC application?

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