Threadable YC Application

Winter 2014Inactive

Threadable went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2014 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 2014
Industry: B2BProductivity
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2013

Founders

Ian BakerFounder/CEO
Aaron MuszalskiFounder/Growth Marketing
Nicole AptekarFounder
Jared GrippeFounder

What Threadable does

Threadable is a mailing list management solution that makes group email less noisy and more actionable.

Threadable's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Threadable, Winter 2014 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Threadable

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Mailing lists 2.0

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

We built Threadable to make group email less noisy and more actionable by rethinking mailing list management. Our product helps teams and communities communicate effectively without drowning in irrelevant threads or complicated tools. Instead of flooding inboxes, Threadable organizes conversations and membership so people stay informed without the usual email chaos.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we live and work, so it's natural for us to base the company here. The community and network here help us move faster and connect with the right people.

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 Threadable YC application?

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