Two Tap YC Application

Winter 2014Acquired

Two Tap 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
B2BRetail
Team size
11
Status
Acquired
Launched
2013

Founders

  • Razvan Roman
    Razvan RomanFounder/CEO
  • Radu Spineanu
    Radu SpineanuFounder/CEO

What Two Tap does

Two Tap is the first e-commerce gateway built to make online shopping experiences seamless across the entire web. Its robust platform, which incorporates a set of intelligence tools, eliminates the friction caused by today’s multi-channel path to purchase. With Two Tap, shoppers can order products from retailers, directly inside apps and across all devices and operating systems without lengthy checkout processes. For publishers and mobile app developers, Two Tap offers a single API that sets new reliability standards with a guarantee to never lose an order. Founded in 2013 with headquarters in San Francisco, Two Tap is a Y Combinator company backed by Khosla Ventures, Green Visor Capital, Initialized Capital, SV Angel, Digital Garage and Transmedia Capital. For more information, please visit and follow @TwoTapBuy.

Two Tap's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Two Tap

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Connects retailers to sellers via a unified API

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

We built a platform that lets companies sell products from any retailer directly within their app or website, bypassing traditional multi-step online checkouts. Our API handles the complex integration and checkout process, so developers don't have to deal with unreliable scraping or fragmented retailer systems. It works across all devices, improving the path from discovery to purchase.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where our network and startup ecosystem is strongest, and where we can recruit talent and meet customers. Being here helps us move fast and stay connected to the core of e-commerce innovation.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Two Tap YC application?

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

What YC batch was Two Tap in?

Two Tap was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2014 batch.

Who founded Two Tap?

Two Tap was founded by Razvan Roman, Radu Spineanu.

What does Two Tap do?

Two Tap connects retailers to companies that want to sell their…

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Two Tap's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.

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