Launchpad Toys YC 申请

Summer 2011Acquired

Launchpad Toys 在 Summer 2011 批次的 Y Combinator 中作为一家 Consumer 公司进行过。以下是：公司做什么、谁创立了它，以及其 YC 申请，按照真实 YC 表格逐题重建。

YC 批次: Summer 2011
行业: ConsumerGaming
团队规模: 2
状态: Acquired
已发布: 2012

创始人

Thushan AmarasiriwardenaFounder
Andy RussellFounder

Launchpad Toys 做什么

We're creating digital toys and tools that empower kids to create, learn & share their ideas through play. Give a young child a couple of toys or a box of crayons and he or she is likely to play for hours, deeply engrossed in an imaginary world. In both art and dramatic play, children construct settings, create fictional characters, and act out fantastic storylines that would be the envy of many Hollywood scriptwriters. Yet, ask that same child to write out a story in a blank notebook or a word processor and you would be lucky to capture a fraction of the depth and splendor of his or her imagination. Play inspires and scaffolds the creative process from an early age, but there is a persistent gap between the origins of imaginative play (ages 4-5) and kids' adoption of the formal discipline of creative writing (ages 8-10). At Launchpad Toys, we're using mobile devices like the iPad to bridge this gap between informal and formal learning, to harness the power of play to help children capture and share their ideas with other kids around the world. Our first product, Toontastic an app for the iPad, is a creative learning tool that blends constructionist and social development theories to empower young children to create, learn, and share their ideas through play.

Launchpad Toys 的 YC 申请，重建版

Y Combinator 申请

Launchpad Toys，Summer 2011 期。来自公开数据的真实申请问题解答。

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Launchpad Toys

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Creativity at play with tablet toys

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

We're building Toontastic, an iPad app that lets kids create animated stories by drawing, narrating, and moving characters. It helps kids capture their imagination by turning play into digital storytelling, bridging the gap between early play and formal creative writing.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA and the company would be based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we live and work, close to tech talent and early users interested in tablet toys for kids.

21 更多回答在完整申请中

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference 包含在完整版中。创建免费账户即可在 YC Insights 中打开，紧邻每个其他 YC 批次。

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常见问题解答

这是 Launchpad Toys 的真实 YC 申请吗？

不是。Y Combinator 对提交的申请保密。这是重建版：使用 Launchpad Toys 的公开数据（发布笔记、创始人背景、产品描述）回答真实的 YC 表格问题。它展示了像 Launchpad Toys 这样的公司会如何向 YC 自我介绍，而不是他们提交的文本。

Launchpad Toys 是哪个 YC 批次的？

Launchpad Toys 是 Y Combinator Summer 2011 批次的成员。

谁创立了 Launchpad Toys？

Launchpad Toys 由 Thushan Amarasiriwardena, Andy Russell 创立。

Launchpad Toys 做什么？

Creativity at Play. Tablet toys. Acquired by Google, 2015.

如何阅读完整的重建申请？

创建免费的 Round Funded 账户。YC Insights 中包含 Launchpad Toys 的完整 26 个问题的版本，以及其他所有 YC 批次的公司信息。