Kamcord YC Application

Summer 2012Acquired

Kamcord 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: ConsumerGaming
Team size: 11
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2012

Founders

Adi RathnamFounder/CEO
Matt ZitzmannFounder/CEO
Kevin WangFounder

What Kamcord does

Our core thesis at Kamcord was that people do very interesting things on their phone screen but don't have a good way to capture and share those moments. We've built 3 products in 5 years: - A mobile gameplay recording SDK that was on 200M devices at its peak - A live streaming community that reached 2M MAU and $2M ARR off virtual goods - A mobile social app focused on editing and sharing screenshots and screen recordings

Kamcord's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Kamcord

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Mobile gameplay screen recording and sharing

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

We build a mobile SDK for gameplay recording on Android and iOS that lets gamers capture and share what they do on their screens. Beyond that, we run a live streaming platform where gamers broadcast and interact, plus a social app focused on editing and sharing gameplay clips and screenshots. Our products make it easy for players to show their best moments to friends and online communities.

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

We live in San Francisco now and the company will be based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where the mobile gaming scene is vibrant, and where we can close to developers, gamers, and potential partners. It's where all three founders live and collaborate full-time.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Kamcord YC application?

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