Superwall YC Application

Summer 2021Active

Superwall went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2021 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 2021
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 15
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Brian AnglinFounder
Jake MorFounder

Superwall's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Superwall, Summer 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Superwall

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Remotely configure every aspect of your mobile app's paywall

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

We built Superwall to let mobile app developers control and tweak their paywalls remotely without resubmitting to app stores. Our product integrates into apps and lets teams update pricing, messaging, and user flows dynamically, solving the slow, rigid app store approval bottleneck around subscription paywalls.

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

We live in New York, NY, and would base the company here after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Being in New York puts us close to many mobile-first product and design teams, our main users, and a strong developer community. It's where we've built our network, and it fits our team's lives.

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 Superwall YC application?

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