Flotype YC Application

Profile updated October 19, 2026Winter 2011Inactive

San Jose, CA, USA

Flotype went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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: Winter 2011
Industry: B2BRetail
Location: San Jose, CA, USA
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2012

Founders

Darshan ShankarFounder/CEO
Sridatta ThatipamalaFounder
Eric ZhangFounder

What Flotype does

Flotype Inc. is a venture-backed company building a suite of enterprise technology for real-time messaging. Flotype takes a unique approach by building developer-friendly technologies focused on ease-of-use and simplicity, while still exceeding enterprise-grade performance expectations. Flotype licenses enterprise-grade middleware, Bridge, to customers ranging from social web and software enterprises to financial and fleet management groups. Other offerings include NowJS, a free, open-source framework, for developers seeking real-time interactivity on Node.js and JavaScript browsers. NowCluster is available for companies seeking scalability and reliability for NowJS applications. Established in 2010 and based in Berkeley, California, Flotype is venture-backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Ignition Partners, InterWest Partners, and Salesforce.com.

Flotype's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Flotype, Winter 2011 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Flotype

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Third generation of web apps.

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

We build a suite of enterprise technology for real-time messaging, centered around our middleware Bridge which enterprise customers license. We also maintain NowJS, an open-source framework for real-time interactivity on Node.js, and NowCluster which adds scalability and reliability for NowJS applications.

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

We currently live in San Jose, California and would base the company here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We're based in the San Jose area already, close to key customers and investors. Staying local supports faster iteration and easier collaboration among the small team.

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 Flotype YC application?

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