Foxpass YC Application

Summer 2015Acquired

Foxpass went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2015 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 2015
Industry: B2BSecurity
Team size: 10
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2015

Founders

Aren SandersenFounder

What Foxpass does

Foxpass increases your organization's server and network security by ensuring employee accounts have access only to what they need. Our cloud-hosted LDAP and RADIUS systems help you bring best-practices to your infrastructure. And they're backed by your existing Google Apps accounts.

Foxpass's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Foxpass, Summer 2015 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Foxpass

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Making enterprise security practices available for all

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

We build a cloud-hosted LDAP and RADIUS platform that integrates with Google Apps to control employee server and network access. Our product helps companies enforce security best practices by granting access only to what employees need, simplifying setup for organizations without dedicated security teams.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and plan to keep the company based there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is a hub for startups and engineers. Being here helps us connect with users and talent crucial for building security software aimed at enterprises and DevSecOps teams.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Foxpass YC application?

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