MadeSolid YC Application

Winter 2014Inactive

MadeSolid went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2014 batch as a Industrials 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: IndustrialsManufacturing and Robotics
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2013

Founders

Brian MartinezFounder
Lance R. PickensFounder
David RorexFounder/CTO

What MadeSolid does

MadeSolid is a hardware company that develops high-quality materials with 3D printing applications. With a team of experienced chemists and engineers, the MadeSolid develops functional materials for 3D Manufacturing real products. MadeSolid is based in Emeryville, California.

MadeSolid's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

MadeSolid, Winter 2014 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

MadeSolid

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Functional 3D printing materials

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

We develop hardware-grade materials for 3D printing that enable manufacturing of functional, real products. Our materials improve quality and functionality beyond typical 3D printer filaments.

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

We live in Emeryville, CA, and would keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Emeryville is where our lab and team are located. Having direct access to our chemistry and engineering resources here is essential.

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 MadeSolid YC application?

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