SmartSite YC Application

Summer 2016Inactive

SmartSite went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2016 batch as a Real Estate and Construction 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 2016
Industry: Real Estate and ConstructionConstruction
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2016

Founders

James BatstoneFounder

What SmartSite does

Making construction sites safer for workers, and easier to manage for the firms that operate them. SmartSite makes active mitigation of health and safety risks automatic, and helps companies comply with regulation. SmartSite combines a rugged, site-deployed smart connected device, with a robust cloud infrastructure and accessible dashboards.

SmartSite's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

SmartSite, Summer 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

SmartSite

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Hardware device protecting construction workers' health

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

We make a rugged, smart connected device deployed on construction sites that automatically monitors and mitigates health and safety risks. Our system alerts firms to dangers and helps manage compliance with regulations through cloud-based dashboards.

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

We live in London, England, and the company is based there.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based in London because that is where the construction firms we work with operate, and it's where we built and tested the product.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real SmartSite YC application?

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