ShopWith YC Application

Summer 2018Inactive

ShopWith 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: B2BMarketing
Team size: 3
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2018

Founders

Aaron ChouFounder
Melody KimFounder

ShopWith's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

ShopWith

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

ShopWith is mobile QVC for GenZ.

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

We built ShopWith to let GenZ discover and shop live videos on their phones, mimicking the TV QVC experience but on mobile. It connects brands with young audiences through interactive live commerce sessions right in the app.

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

We currently live in San Francisco, CA, and would base the company in San Francisco after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the best access to early tech talent, partners, and investors for a startup focused on mobile commerce and live video.

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 ShopWith YC application?

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