ModernLoop YC Application

Winter 2021Active

ModernLoop went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2021 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 2021
Industry: B2BRecruiting and Talent
Team size: 15
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Lydia HanFounder
Christopher TrioloFounder

What ModernLoop does

ModernLoop helps every company automate and streamline recruiting operations to deliver the best candidate experience. In 2022, the Department of Labor estimates there is a global talent shortage of 40 million workers, and that number is expected to grow to over 85 million by 2030. In order for companies to win the war for talent, they need to provide a best-in-class candidate experience to recruit top talent, and our product aims at doing just that! Our founders Lydia Han (CEO) and Chris Triolo (CTO) both founded ModernLoop in December of 2020 after they saw the challenges recruiting teams had when it came to coordinating hundreds of interviews across various teams, all while making sure both hiring managers and candidates had the best experience possible. After spending 15+ combined years at companies like Facebook, Slack, Brex and Salesforce, they understood what it took to enable talent teams do their best work, and are building a product to scale alongside them as they grow. We created ModernLoop to serve companies of all sizes in every industry to help Talent teams interview candidates quicker, easier, and enhance productivity of teams as they continue their search for top talent!

ModernLoop's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

ModernLoop, Winter 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

ModernLoop

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Automate and streamline recruiting operations

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

We built ModernLoop to help recruiting teams coordinate hundreds of interviews across multiple stakeholders. Our product automates scheduling and communication to reduce the back-and-forth that slows down hiring, while improving the candidate experience. It integrates with calendars and recruiting tools to make interviewing simpler and faster for talent teams of all sizes.

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

We live and work in San Mateo, California and plan to base the company here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Mateo puts us close to many recruiting teams and tech companies who need our product. It's where we live, and it makes sense for us to grow the company where our network and early customers are.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real ModernLoop YC application?

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