Sudden Coffee YC Application

Winter 2017Inactive

Sudden Coffee went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2017 batch as a Consumer 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 2017
Industry: ConsumerFood and Beverage
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2016

Founders

Josh ZloofFounder/CEO

What Sudden Coffee does

Sudden is great coffee you can enjoy anywhere in just seconds. We buy beans from amazing producers and roasters, brew the coffee by hand and turn it into delicious instant coffee. Get our 2-Cup Trial Pack FREE Today! Use Code: COFFEERUSH Featured in The New York Times, Food & Wine, CNBC, VICE News and more. Chosen as one of the Imbibe top 75 brands to try in 2018. Backed by Y Combinator, Founder Collective, CRV, and Lifeline Ventures.

Sudden Coffee's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Sudden Coffee, Winter 2017 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Sudden Coffee

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Crystallized coffee that's better than fresh Starbucks

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

We make crystallized instant coffee that tastes better than fresh Starbucks by buying great beans, brewing by hand, and drying it into quick coffee you can enjoy anywhere in seconds.

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

We live and work in San Francisco, CA, and the company would remain based there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where both founders are based and where we have access to specialty coffee roasters and the consumer market that appreciates quality coffee on the go.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Sudden Coffee YC application?

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