OpenWrench YC Application

Summer 2018Active

OpenWrench went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2018 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 2018
Industry: B2BOperations
Status: Active
Launched: 2018

Founders

Vignesh VenkataramanFounder
Matt VelkerFounder/Head of Product

What OpenWrench does

We helps retail and restaurant chains big and small deliver great customer experiences, putting money back in their budget and time back in their day.

OpenWrench's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

OpenWrench, Summer 2018 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

OpenWrench

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Retailers and restaurants manage repairs efficiently

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

We built OpenWrench to help retail and restaurant chains manage their repair workflows. Our platform tracks repair jobs from start to finish, making it easier to coordinate technicians, keep stores open, and save money that would otherwise get lost in broken equipment downtime.

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

We live in San Francisco, and the company will base here after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco puts us near major retailers and restaurants and the tech ecosystem to build and grow a focused B2B operations tool for repairs.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real OpenWrench YC application?

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