Webflow YC Application

Summer 2013Active

Webflow went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2013 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 2013
Industry: B2BMarketing
Team size: 600
Status: Active
Launched: 2013

Founders

Sergie MagdalinFounder/CPO
Vlad MagdalinFounder

What Webflow does

Webflow is the leading no-code visual web development platform. It seamlessly generates sophisticated code so anyone can build powerful web-based businesses and adapt to changes without developers or months of building. From entrepreneurs and creative agencies to Fortune 500 companies, Webflow makes the internet a more inclusive place by making the tools to build on it more accessible to more people, fueling business growth. Webflow powers websites for innovators like Discord, Monday.com, IDEO, Orange Theory Fitness, TED, and Dropbox. Webflow is backed by Y Combinator, Accel, CapitalG, Silversmith, and other awesome investors.

Webflow's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Webflow, Summer 2013 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Webflow

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Professional website design and publishing platform

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

We're building Webflow, a no-code visual platform that lets anyone design, build, and publish responsive websites without writing code. It generates production-ready HTML, CSS, and JavaScript behind the scenes so creators can deliver fully-custom sites faster than traditional development.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company is based here and will continue to be based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we want to build Webflow because it's the center of the startup tech ecosystem and where we can best connect with customers, partners, and future hires.

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 Webflow YC application?

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