Hyperseed YC Application

Summer 2021Inactive

Hyperseed went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2021 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 2021
Industry: B2BFinance and Accounting
Team size: 3
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2021

Founders

Hootan MahallatiFounder
Georg UntersalmbergerFounder

What Hyperseed does

Hyperseed is the Zapier for billing. We help companies handle their custom billing workflows without code and instead, with spreadsheet formulas. Hyperseed replaces manual work borne of billing system limitations and lets companies avoid spending engineering resources on homegrown systems.

Hyperseed's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Hyperseed, Summer 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Hyperseed

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Zapier for billing

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

We built a tool that lets companies automate their complex billing workflows without writing code. Instead of hacking together homegrown systems or manually adjusting billing processes, users manage custom rules with spreadsheet formulas. This replaces tedious manual work caused by billing software limitations and reduces the need to tie up engineers with billing fixes.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA; Austin, TX; and remotely. After YC, the company will likely remain distributed across those locations.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are spread out due to personal and professional reasons, and this distributed setup suits our focused product development and sales approach.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Hyperseed YC application?

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