WATERFX YC Application

Summer 2017Inactive

WATERFX went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2017 batch as a Industrials 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 2017
Industry: IndustrialsClimate
Team size: 1
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2017

Founders

Aaron MandellFounder

What WATERFX does

At Wacomet Water (formerly WATERFX) we are reimagining water. Our current water system was designed for a global population of three billion people and by the end of this century we will need clean water for over ten billion people. Our mission is to use technology to develop a new source of fresh water and make access to water affordable and abundant for every human being on the planet. We do this using solar-powered desalination to generate water from an infinite source of salt water and distribute this water via a peer-to-peer distribution platform called Liquid. Our mission is to provide a better, more reliable, 100% sustainable water service to consumers, businesses and cities.

WATERFX's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

WATERFX, Summer 2017 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

WATERFX

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

100% sustainable solar-powered water provider

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

We build solar-powered desalination systems that produce fresh water from salt water and distribute it via a peer-to-peer platform called Liquid. The product replaces traditional water sources, aiming to provide affordable, abundant, and sustainable water to consumers, businesses, and cities.

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

We live in California, USA and plan for the company to remain based there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

California is where we've been building and testing the product, close to innovation hubs and with access to our earliest customers and partners.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real WATERFX YC application?

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