Hunter2 YC Application

Winter 2018Acquired

Hunter2 went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2018 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 2018
Industry: B2BSecurity
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2017

Founders

Fletcher HeislerFounder

What Hunter2 does

Hunter2 teaches modern appsec to engineering teams through interactive labs. Developers get hands-on practice exploiting and patching real web apps written in their tech stack.

Hunter2's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Hunter2, Winter 2018 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Hunter2

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Appsec training through hands-on labs

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

We build interactive application security training for engineering teams. Our product offers hands-on labs where developers exploit and patch real web apps built in their own tech stack. This practical approach teaches modern appsec skills that stick, unlike static tutorials.

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

We're based in Boston, MA, and plan to stay there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Boston has a strong engineering talent pool and a good product security community. Staying here keeps us close to early users and potential customers.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Hunter2 YC application?

No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Hunter2's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Hunter2 would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.