OmniVirt YC Application

Summer 2012Acquired

OmniVirt went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2012 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 2012
Industry: B2BMarketing
Team size: 15
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2012

Founders

Brad PhaisanFounder/CEO

What OmniVirt does

OmniVirt is 360° Virtual Reality advertising platform for brands and publishers. Audiences can view 360° content with just one tap of their fingertip on smartphones, tablets and websites. No app installation or VR headset required. HTML5 / VAST complaint. Our company is specialize in mobile formats, the network optimizes revenue for publishers and serves billions of ad impressions in more than 200 countries.

OmniVirt's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

OmniVirt, Summer 2012 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

OmniVirt

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

VR advertising platform for brands and publishers

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

We built a 360° virtual reality advertising platform that lets brands and publishers serve interactive VR ads on smartphones, tablets, and websites. Our ads require no app installs or VR headsets and run with a single tap using HTML5 and are VAST compliant. This makes immersive VR advertising accessible at scale across mobile and web.

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

We live and work in San Francisco, CA, and the company will remain based there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where our team lives, it's a hub for advertisers and technology partners, and it gives us access to talent and industry connections needed to build our VR ad network.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real OmniVirt YC application?

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