Submittable YC Application
Submittable went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2012 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 2012
- Industry
- B2B
- Team size
- 302
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2012
Founders
Michael FitzGeraldFounder/CEO
John BrownellFounder/CTO / Developer
Bruce TribbenseeFounder
What Submittable does
Submittable is a growing social impact platform used by thousands of companies, governments, and philanthropic organizations to manage their social impact programs and maximize their impact. Submittable has helped big and small organizations worldwide run 134,000 programs and collect nearly 22 million applications to date, and is backed by Accel-KKR, Next Coast Ventures, True Ventures, Next Frontier Capital, StepStone Group and a few other amazing investors.
Submittable's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Submittable, Summer 2012 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Submittable
Manage and measure social impact programs
We built Submittable to help organizations launch, manage, and track social impact programs like grants, scholarships, and awards. Our platform simplifies application collection and program management for governments, nonprofits, and companies running tens of thousands of programs worldwide.
We currently live in Missoula, MT, and the company is based here. After YC, we plan to keep headquarters in Missoula while expanding our team remote-friendly and nationwide.
We're based in Missoula where we grew up, which gives us a cost advantage and allows us to hire quality engineers who prefer smaller cities. Our business is SaaS and digital, so location flexibility fits our model.
21 more answers in the full application
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Submittable YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Submittable's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Submittable would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Submittable in?
Submittable was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2012 batch.
Who founded Submittable?
Submittable was founded by Michael FitzGerald, John Brownell, Bruce Tribbensee.
What does Submittable do?
The best way to launch, manage and measure social impact programs
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Submittable's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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