Inporia YC Application

Winter 2011Inactive

Inporia went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2011 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: Winter 2011
Industry: ConsumerApparel and Cosmetics
Team size: 11
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2012

Founders

Ryan JuneeFounder/CEO
Max Sky (CEO, Vault12)Founder

What Inporia does

Inporia's current product is Kaleidoscope - a inspiration ecommerce app and widget. Kaleidoscope launched on Android in Feburary 2011 and was made available for the iPhone in April 2011. It’s the first in what promises to be a series of ecommerce-driven apps from parent company Inporia. The four-person company was started by Ryan Junee, a serial entrepreneur who co-founded Omnisio (acquired by Google in 2008) and serves as a mentor to 500 Startups and StartMate, and Max Skibinsky. Sarah Kunst and Simon Ratner complete the 4 person team. It raised $1.25 million in seed funding from Ron Conway’s SV Angel and 500 Startups, NEA, Start Fund and Y-Combinator among others.

Inporia's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Inporia, Winter 2011 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Inporia

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Fashion shopping email list.

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

We are building Kaleidoscope, an inspiration-driven ecommerce app and widget for fashion shopping. It helps users discover and shop fashion items through a visually engaging, curated feed on their phones. Our first release is on Android and iPhone.

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

We are based in San Francisco, CA, and intend to stay here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco puts us at the center of ecommerce and mobile innovation, with access to both tech talent and early adopters in fashion shopping.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Inporia YC application?

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