Vidyard YC Application

Summer 2011Active

Vidyard went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2011 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: Summer 2011
Industry: B2BMarketing
Team size: 201
Status: Active
Launched: 2012

Founders

Michael LittFounder/CEO
Devon GallowayFounder

What Vidyard does

Vidyard is The Video Platform for Marketing, Sales & Secure Communications. Vidyard is the easiest way to create, host, and share videos so businesses can keep connected with customers and colleagues. Want to learn more? Visit our website, and check out our 6-minute demo:

Vidyard's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Vidyard, Summer 2011 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Vidyard

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Video for business.

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

We built a video platform specifically for marketing, sales, and secure communications. Our product makes it easy for businesses to create, host, and share videos to connect with customers and coworkers.

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

We live in Kitchener, ON, Canada, and the company would be based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We chose Kitchener because it's where we live and started building Vidyard. Being close as founders helps us move fast and keep focused on building the product.

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 Vidyard YC application?

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