Swish YC Application

Winter 2013Inactive

Swish went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2013 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 2013
Industry: B2BSupply Chain and Logistics
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2012

Founders

Iolanthe StrongerFounder

What Swish does

Kickstarter for physical products. Shop exclusive product launches.

Swish's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Swish, Winter 2013 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Swish

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Kickstarter for physical products. Shop exclusive product launches.

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

We built a platform that lets people shop exclusive new physical products by coordinating product launches around pre-orders, similar to Kickstarter but focused solely on hard goods. Our product connects early adopters directly with creators, simplifying discovering and buying upcoming hardware products before they hit stores.

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

We live in Palo Alto, CA. The company is based here as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Palo Alto puts us in the center of hardware innovation and close to potential partners and manufacturers. Being here helps us move quickly and tap into a network of product creators and suppliers.

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 Swish YC application?

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