SoundFocus YC Application

Summer 2013Inactive

SoundFocus went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2013 batch as a Healthcare 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 2013
Industry: HealthcareConsumer Health and Wellness
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2013

Founders

Alex SeligFounder/CEO

What SoundFocus does

SoundFocus is a San Francisco, CA-based startup creating the next generation of personalized mobile audio products. The company was founded by Alex Selig and Varun Srinivasan in September of 2012 with the mission of helping the world hear better. The company is a graduate of the Y Combinator summer of 2013 batch and announced their first hardware product, the Amp case, in October 2014. Investors include Kapor Capital, Y Combinator, VegasTechFund, OVO Fund, RTA Capital and August Capital Partners of Singapore. Hear more at

SoundFocus's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

SoundFocus, Summer 2013 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

SoundFocus

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

We give you 20/20 hearing on your devices

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

We make personalized mobile audio products starting with our first hardware product, the Amp case. It improves listening by tailoring sound to each user, helping people hear better through their devices.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We're in San Francisco because it's where we live and where the startup community is centralized. Being here connects us to talent, investors, and customers essential for building our product.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real SoundFocus YC application?

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