Version Story YC Application

Winter 2021Active

Version Story went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2021 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 2021
Industry: B2BLegal
Team size: 6
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Kevin O'ConnellFounder
Jordan BryanFounder

What Version Story does

Version Story tackles the inefficient and risky process of managing legal document versions that plagues legal teams. Inspired by powerful software development tools like GitHub, Version Story's visual platform provides intuitive version control and redlining, freeing lawyers to focus on high-value work instead of file management.

Version Story's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Version Story, Winter 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Version Story

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

GitHub for lawyers

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

We are building a version control platform tailored for legal teams that makes managing legal documents less risky and more efficient. Our product provides a visual interface inspired by software development tools like GitHub that lets lawyers track versions, compare changes, and redline easily. This helps lawyers stop wasting time on clunky file management and focus on legal work.

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

We live in New York City, and after YC the company will be based there as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We chose New York because that's where we are, and it puts us close to our users - legal teams and law firms concentrated in the city. We want to stay close to our users to get continuous feedback.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Version Story YC application?

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