Vidpresso YC Application

Winter 2014Acquired

Vidpresso 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: B2BInfrastructure
Team size: 7
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2014

Founders

Randall BennettFounder

What Vidpresso does

Media companies, brands and celebrities used Vidpresso to create the best quality live videos, typically for Facebook Live and Twitter. Vidpresso was acquired in 2018 by Facebook.

Vidpresso's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Vidpresso

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Help media companies make quality live video

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

We built a tool for media companies, brands, and celebrities to produce higher-quality live videos, mostly for platforms like Facebook Live and Twitter. It adds real-time graphics, comments, and interactive elements to live streams, making the broadcasts more engaging and professional.

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

We're based in New York City, NY, USA, with some remote team members. After YC, we would stay primarily in New York.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Most of our users and team are in New York. The city is a hub for media companies, so it makes sense to be close to our customers and talent.

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 Vidpresso YC application?

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