Kimono Labs YC Application
Kimono Labs went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2014 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 2014
- Industry
- B2BEngineering, Product and Design
- Team size
- 11
- Status
- Acquired
- Launched
- 2013
Founders
Ryan RoweFounder
What Kimono Labs does
Kimono Labs lets people turn websites into structured APIs from their browsers in seconds. We are based in San Francisco, California and graduated from the Y Combinator startup accelerator. Our main product, a bookmarklet or chrome extension, enables users to scrape and crawl websites without any programming required.
Kimono Labs's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Kimono Labs, Winter 2014 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Kimono Labs
Create APIs where they don't exist
We build a browser tool - either a bookmarklet or Chrome extension - that lets users turn any website into a structured API without writing code. Our product makes it easy to scrape and crawl data sites that don't offer APIs, helping engineers and product teams quickly get the web data they need.
We live in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and after YC the company would be based in San Francisco.
San Francisco has the startup ecosystem and investor access we need. Being near YC also helps with networking and recruiting.
21 more answers in the full application
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Kimono Labs YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Kimono Labs's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Kimono Labs would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Kimono Labs in?
Kimono Labs was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2014 batch.
Who founded Kimono Labs?
Kimono Labs was founded by Ryan Rowe.
What does Kimono Labs do?
Create APIs where they don't exist. With kimono you can quickly…
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Kimono Labs's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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