Imgfave YC Application

Summer 2012Inactive

Imgfave went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2012 batch as a Consumer 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 2012
Industry: ConsumerContent
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2012

Founders

Gabe RaglandFounder

What Imgfave does

imgfave is a place to discover and share images. They allow users to collect favorite images and organize them into fun collections like humor, art, photography, fashion, weddings and more.

Imgfave's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Imgfave, Summer 2012 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Imgfave

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

A fun image sharing community.

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

We built Imgfave as a place where people can discover, collect, and share images. Users organize their favorite images into collections for humor, art, photography, fashion, weddings, and more. It's focused on making image sharing social and fun.

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 here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the talent and environment we need to build a great community-driven product with a social focus.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Imgfave YC application?

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