Whereoscope YC Application

Summer 2010Acquired

Whereoscope went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2010 batch as a Consumer 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 2010
Industry: ConsumerSocial
Team size: 2
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2012

Founders

Mick JohnsonFounder/CEO
James GregoryFounder/CTO

What Whereoscope does

Whereoscope is a service designed to help parents keep know where their kids are. Whereoscope uses smartphones and an intelligent sampling algorithm to provide the best possible accuracy without draining the battery. Whereoscope enables location-based geo-fencing so that parents can know when their kids arrive at school, leave soccer practice, or are just about to get home.

Whereoscope's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Whereoscope, Summer 2010 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Whereoscope

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Location-aware app for parents to track kids

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

We built a smartphone app that lets parents know where their kids are in real-time. It uses location data combined with a smart sampling algorithm to conserve battery while maintaining accuracy. Parents get alerts when kids arrive or leave places like school or practice.

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

We live in Mountain View, CA and the company is based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We live here and want to stay close to Silicon Valley's tech ecosystem and potential partners.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Whereoscope YC application?

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