FamilyLeaf YC Application

Winter 2012Acquired

FamilyLeaf went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2012 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 2012
Industry: ConsumerSocial
Team size: 2
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2011

Founders

Ajay MehtaFounder
Brandon PatonFounder
Wesley ZhaoFounder
Henry LiuFounder

What FamilyLeaf does

FamilyLeaf is a private place to share your life with your family. You create a private page where your family can easily share photos, share life updates, store contact information, and post messages. Our mission is to bring families around the world closer together. Family is the most irreplaceable but overlooked social network; we want to help you share the little things that build a lifetime of love!

FamilyLeaf's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

FamilyLeaf, Winter 2012 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

FamilyLeaf

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Help families stay in touch

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

We built FamilyLeaf as a private place where families can share photos, life updates, contact info, and messages all in one place. It lets families have their own private social network focused on the little moments that build lasting relationships.

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

We live in San Francisco and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the best access to talent and relevant networks for building consumer social products.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real FamilyLeaf YC application?

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