Sourcify YC Application

Winter 2018Active

Sourcify went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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: Winter 2018
Industry: B2BRetail
Team size: 15
Status: Active
Launched: 2017

Founders

Nathan ResnickFounder/CEO

What Sourcify does

Sourcify is a profitable high growth sourcing platform that helps ecommerce brands and Fortune 500s manufacture products in Asia.

Sourcify's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Sourcify, Winter 2018 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Sourcify

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Helps brands manufacture products in Asia

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

We built a sourcing platform that connects ecommerce brands and Fortune 500 companies to reliable manufacturers in Asia. It simplifies the often complex, opaque process of finding and managing factories, so companies can bring products to market faster and with fewer headaches.

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

I live in San Diego, CA. The company is based in San Diego and supports a remote team.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We chose San Diego because it's where the founder is based. The remote setup lets us work efficiently with manufacturers and clients in Asia without relocating.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Sourcify YC application?

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