Inscrição YC de spotLESS Materials

Summer 2019Active

spotLESS Materials passou pela Y Combinator no batch Summer 2019 como uma empresa Industrials. Abaixo: o que a empresa faz, quem a fundou e sua inscrição para a YC, reconstruída pergunta por pergunta no formulário real da YC.

Batch YC: Summer 2019
Indústria: Industrials
Tamanho da equipe: 6
Status: Active
Lançada: 2019

Fundadores

Birgitt BoschitschFounder
Tak-Sing WongFounder

O que spotLESS Materials faz

Surface fouling is a costly challenge across industries, impacting medical consumables, diagnostic devices, and automotive components. Contamination from substances like mud, ice, and sludge can compromise performance and lead to frequent cleaning, repairs, and replacements. Our PFAS-free coating, which we first launched as a consumer product, has quickly expanded into industrial partnerships. It dramatically reduces contamination on critical surfaces such as glass, metal, ceramic, and now plastics too. Whether for medical devices or automotive components, our coating protects against surface fouling Currently our coatings work best on glass, metal, and ceramic surfaces.

Inscrição YC de spotLESS Materials, reconstruída

Inscrição Y Combinator

spotLESS Materials, lote Summer 2019. As verdadeiras perguntas do formulário, respondidas com dados públicos.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

spotLESS Materials

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Repellent coatings without PFAS

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

We make a PFAS-free coating that prevents surface fouling on glass, metal, ceramic, and plastics. Our product reduces contamination from mud, ice, and sludge, protecting medical devices, diagnostic tools, and automotive parts. It cuts cleaning and replacement costs by keeping surfaces clean.

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

We live and work in State College, PA, and the company is based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

State College is where we developed our coatings and have our team of six experts in materials science. Staying here keeps our operation lean and close to our R&D resources.

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Perguntas Frequentes

Esta é a inscrição real da YC de spotLESS Materials?

Não. A Y Combinator mantém as inscrições submetidas em privado. Esta é uma reconstrução: as perguntas reais do formulário da YC, respondidas a partir dos dados públicos de spotLESS Materials (notas de lançamento, históricos de fundadores, descrição do produto). Mostra como uma empresa como spotLESS Materials se apresentaria à YC, não o texto que eles submeteram.

Em qual batch da YC spotLESS Materials esteve?

spotLESS Materials fez parte do batch Summer 2019 da Y Combinator.

Quem fundou o spotLESS Materials?

O spotLESS Materials foi fundado por Birgitt Boschitsch, Tak-Sing Wong.

O que o spotLESS Materials faz?

Repellent coatings without PFAS

Como eu leio o application completo reconstruído?

Crie uma conta gratuita no Round Funded. A versão completa de 26 respostas do application do spotLESS Materials, e de todos os outros lotes do YC, está no YC Insights.