SRTX YC Application

Winter 2018Active

SRTX went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2018 batch as a Industrials 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: IndustrialsManufacturing and Robotics
Team size: 150
Status: Active
Launched: 2017

Founders

Katherine HomuthFounder/CEO

What SRTX does

SRTX builds new materials and software to enable better textiles. SRTX is best known for its first technology, Sheertex, a knit made from one of the world's strongest polymers which has disrupted hosiery through impossibly strong pantyhose.

SRTX's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

SRTX

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Powering a better future for textiles.

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

We make new textiles using proprietary materials and software. Our first product, Sheertex, is a knit pantyhose made from one of the world's strongest polymers. It stretches, resists runs, and breaks in ways traditional hosiery never could.

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

We live in Montreal, QC, Canada, and the company is based here now. After YC, we plan to keep operations in Montreal while expanding our presence globally.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Montreal has a strong talent pool for materials science and manufacturing, which fits our needs. The founders live here, and it's where our manufacturing partnerships are located.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real SRTX YC application?

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