Flutter YC Application

Winter 2012Acquired

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

Founders

Navneet DalalFounder/CEO
Mehul NariyawalaFounder/Product Management

What Flutter does

Flutter is recreating the magic of seeing someone in real-life for the first time, on your phone. Flutter lets you record short, ephemeral videos to express yourself and capture the attention of potential matches nearby. Users browse through nearby videos and, just like Tinder, like or pass on each one before moving on to the next. Here’s the catch: to actually match with someone, you have to be on the app at the same time and look into each other’s eyes for 15 seconds to see if there’s a spark. We help users play this game by sending push notifications when people they like are online. Video is so powerful. We've seen this with YouTube, Snapchat, Meerkat. And 15 seconds of live, two-way video can tell you so much more about a person than hand-picked photos and bios.

Flutter's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Flutter

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Live video dating app with computer vision

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

Flutter is a mobile app that lets people record short video clips to express themselves and browse nearby videos to find potential matches. The key feature is a live video interaction where both users must look into each other's eyes for 15 seconds simultaneously to match. We send push notifications to help users meet at the same time and create real, live connections rather than relying on photos and static profiles.

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

We live in Santa Monica, CA, and plan to base the company here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We built the product here and are connected to the tech and dating scenes in LA. It's also where we can find early users nearby and work closely as a 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 Flutter YC application?

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