Loom YC Application

Winter 2012Acquired

Loom went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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: Winter 2012
Industry: ConsumerContent
Team size: 2
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2011

Founders

Nicolas BösFounder
Daniel WagnerFounder/Technical
Philipp WeinFounder/Design Lead

Loom's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Loom, Winter 2012 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Loom

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Cloud storage for photos and videos

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

We're building a cloud storage platform specifically for photos and videos. Our product lets users upload, organize, and access their media easily from anywhere. We focus on making video and photo storage simple and reliable, solving the pain of managing large media files in the cloud.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

We're based in San Francisco because it's where our team lives and where the tech ecosystem supports us with access to talent, partners, and users interested in media solutions.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Loom YC application?

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