TrueVault YC Application

Winter 2014Active

TrueVault 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: B2B
Status: Active
Launched: 2013

Founders

Jason WangFounder

What TrueVault does

TrueVault builds software tools that help businesses comply with consumer data privacy laws. We believe if businesses have access to products that make getting and staying compliant simple, straightforward, and fully automated, respecting consumers' data privacy becomes the sensible default. And we all benefit from that.

TrueVault's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

TrueVault

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

We make Privacy Software for SMBs.

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

We build software tools that help small and medium businesses comply with consumer data privacy laws. Our product handles the tough parts of compliance by automating data privacy workflows and making it easy for businesses to manage and secure their customers' personal data.

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

Jason lives in San Francisco, and the company is based in San Francisco with a remote setup.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Being in San Francisco puts us close to both technology talent and customers, which is critical for a company focused on privacy and data security. The remote setup allows flexibility while still anchored in a major tech hub.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real TrueVault YC application?

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