Riot YC Application

Winter 2020Active

Riot went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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: Winter 2020
Industry: B2BSecurity
Team size: 150
Status: Active
Launched: 2020

Founders

Benjamin NetterFounder

What Riot does

Riot is a SaaS platform to easily set up a cybersecurity awareness program for teams. We're making tools to protect your employees, and therefore protecting your company.

Riot's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Riot, Winter 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Riot

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Cybersecurity awareness for fast growing companies

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

We build a SaaS platform that helps companies set up cybersecurity awareness programs quickly and easily. Our tools deliver training and protection to employees, reducing risks and protecting the whole company.

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

We live in Paris, Île-de-France, France, and the company will remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Paris is where our team and network are based. We have deep local knowledge here and built our product with the European market in mind.

21 more answers in the full application

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Riot YC application?

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