LunaSec YC Application

Summer 2019Inactive

LunaSec went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2019 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: Summer 2019
Industry: B2BSecurity
Team size: 4
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2019

Founders

Free WortleyFounder & CEO
Matthew BryantFounder

What LunaSec does

LunaSec is dead, fyi. Please email me personally to get in touch! ----- LunaTrace isn't just another security scanner that blasts you with vulnerabilities. LunaSec has developed a hosted Open Source dependency security tool that is smarter, faster, and quieter than any other. It's backed by a team of security experts who monitor the latest attacks, write remediation guides, and help you patch in hours instead of weeks. In under 2 minutes, for free, you can generate your own vulnerability report to gain insight into the security + compliance of your software by clicking here: Email us at: Our GitHub:

LunaSec's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

LunaSec, Summer 2019 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

LunaSec

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Open Source dependency security tool

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

We built LunaSec, an open source hosted tool that scans software dependencies for security vulnerabilities. It's designed to be smarter and quieter than existing scanners, combining monitoring of the latest attacks with remediation guides and faster patching help for developers.

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

We live in Seattle, WA and the company is currently remote; after YC we would be based where the founders are, likely Seattle or remote.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Seattle is where both founders live and is a good tech hub with access to developers and security experts. Remote makes sense given the distributed nature of our team and users.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real LunaSec YC application?

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