Vastrm YC Application

Summer 2012Active

Vastrm went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2012 batch as a Consumer 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: Summer 2012
Industry: ConsumerApparel and Cosmetics
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2012

Founders

Jonathan TangFounder/CEO/President

What Vastrm does

Vastrm Fashion™ (pronounced vas' trum) Vastrm was started to solve a basic problem: Shirts that don’t fit well! Mass produced shirts were meant to accommodate a wide variety of body types with one standard size, and different brands have different sizing standards, making shopping difficult--many men must shop in 4 - 5 different stores before finding a shirt that actually fits! By providing a home try on program and giving the ability to make custom fit adjustments to all of their apparel, Vastrm allows its customers to finally hone in on and find the perfect fit for their unique body types. Tang came up with the idea for Vastrm, which is a Sanskrit word for cloth, when a customer told him he had purchased a perfect shirt in Italy and has never been able to find the same fit again. He was considering flying back to Italy to track the shirt maker down, but Jonathan managed to adjust Vastrm shirts to the same fit.

Vastrm's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Vastrm, Summer 2012 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Vastrm

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Mass customized active apparel

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

We make custom fit activewear shirts that address the problem of inconsistent sizing in mass-produced apparel. Our customers use our home try-on program to adjust and order shirts tailored to their unique body measurements, so they no longer have to shop at multiple stores to find a good fit.

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

We live in Burlingame, CA and the company would be based there after YC, with some team members working remotely.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Burlingame is home for us and close to manufacturing partners and logistics hubs. Remote work allows flexibility while keeping the core team in the Bay Area for operations and growth.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Vastrm YC application?

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