ReadMe YC Application

Winter 2015Active

ReadMe went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2015 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 2015
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 52
Status: Active
Launched: 2014

Founders

Gregory KobergerFounder

What ReadMe does

ReadMe provides every company the ability to easily create beautiful documentation, and build loyal, productive developer communities. With ReadMe, build developer portals that combine support, tutorials, topical guides and API exploration. ReadMe makes it trivial to keep docs up-to-date and has community oriented features that help drive adoption. Wanna see what it'd look like to work at ReadMe? Our careers page takes a stab at it!

ReadMe's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

ReadMe, Winter 2015 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

ReadMe

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Beautiful, personalized, interactive developer hubs

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

We build a platform that lets companies create developer portals combining documentation, tutorials, support, and interactive API explorers. Our focus is making docs easy to update and engaging so developers use and understand them, which helps companies build communities around their APIs.

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

We live and work in New York City, NY, and the company would stay based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We're based in New York because that's where we live and work; it's where our team has grown. We want to stay close to our early customers and keep building here.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real ReadMe YC application?

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

What YC batch was ReadMe in?

ReadMe was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2015 batch.

Who founded ReadMe?

ReadMe was founded by Gregory Koberger.

What does ReadMe do?