LaunchHear YC Application

Winter 2010Inactive

LaunchHear went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2010 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 2010
Industry: B2BOperations
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2012

Founders

Alex KruppFounder/CEO
Allan YoungFounder

What LaunchHear does

LaunchHear is a way for bloggers to get early review copies of new products.

LaunchHear's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

LaunchHear, Winter 2010 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

LaunchHear

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

A platform connecting bloggers with early product reviews

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

We built LaunchHear to help bloggers get early review copies of new products. Our platform streamlines how startups and PR teams distribute products to influential bloggers efficiently, which today is a slow, manual process. This makes product coverage faster and more scalable for both sides.

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

We live and work in San Francisco, CA, and the company would be based here after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the network and community of early adopters and startups that makes LaunchHear possible. Being here allows us to directly engage with the bloggers and startups we serve.

21 more answers in the full application

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real LaunchHear YC application?

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