UpLabs YC Application

Winter 2016Inactive

UpLabs went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2016 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 2016
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 1
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2015

Founders

Guillemette DejeanFounder/COO
Matt DelacFounder

What UpLabs does

UpLabs is a website for designers and developers to find and share resources to build apps and sites. Every day, the UpLabs community uploads new quality and curated content.

UpLabs's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

UpLabs, Winter 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

UpLabs

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Marketplace for designers & developers

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

UpLabs is a website where designers and developers can find and share curated resources to build apps and websites. Every day, the community uploads new design and development content that is ready to use or adapt, making it easier and faster to ship products.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company is based here with a remote team.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we can stay close to our users, early partners, and the YC network while allowing a flexible remote setup for contributors.

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 UpLabs YC application?

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