Shape (ShapeScale) YC Application

Summer 2015Active

Shape (ShapeScale) went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2015 batch as a Consumer 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 2015
Industry: ConsumerConsumer Electronics
Team size: 7
Status: Active
Launched: 2015

Founders

Alexandre WayenbergFounder/CEO
Martin KesslerFounder/COO

What Shape (ShapeScale) does

Shape is a health tech startup based in San Francisco, California. We are backed by Y Combinator and the company is led by experienced hardware serial entrepreneurs. Shape has designed a product called ShapeScale. ShapeScale is transforming the way we measure our health goals by enabling you to visualize yourself in 3D and see where you have been losing fat and gaining muscle.

Shape (ShapeScale)'s YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Shape (ShapeScale), Summer 2015 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Shape (ShapeScale)

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Personal 3D body scanner and fitness tracker

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

We built ShapeScale, a personal 3D scanner that captures your body shape to track changes in fat and muscle over time. The device helps users visualize exactly where they're gaining or losing muscle and fat, making fitness progress more concrete than just weight or tape measurements.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the hardware expertise and talent pool we need. It also keeps us close to partners critical for manufacturing and distribution.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Shape (ShapeScale) YC application?

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