Nototo YC Application

Summer 2020Inactive

Nototo went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2020 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 2020
Industry: B2BProductivity
Team size: 3
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2020

Founders

Chen WangFounder
Austa JiangFounder

What Nototo does

Nototo is a workspace that allows you to organize ALL of your information, on ONE map.

Nototo's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Nototo, Summer 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Nototo

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

A workspace with a spatial interface

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

Nototo is a workspace that lets you organize all your information on one map. Instead of folders or lists, you place notes, files, and links spatially, so you see how everything connects in one view. It's designed to reduce scattered tools and fragmented workflows for knowledge workers and teams.

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

We live in Vancouver, BC, Canada, and would base the company there after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Vancouver is where we are now and have built our early product and team. Staying here allows us to keep focus and momentum without relocation distractions.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Nototo YC application?

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