Short Story
YC S19San Francisco, US · Founded 2019 · 120 employees · 1 known investors
Short Story designs and sells clothing made specifically for petite women, with sizes tailored to women 5'4" and under. The company was founded by petite women to address the lack of well-fitting fashion options for the petite market in the United States.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceMachine LearningMarketplacein /shortstorybox@ycombinator
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S19)
Samuel HoffstaetterinFounder
Investors · 1
In the news
- 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Update - Commonwealth Foundationcommonwealthfoundation.com · 2026
- Startup Year One: Short Story, the clothing subscription service built just for petites | Fortunefortune.com · 2022
- Isabella Sun — Reinventing Fashion for Petite Women (#143) ⋆ Asian Hustle Networkasianhustlenetwork.com · 2022
- Short Story - 2025 Funding Rounds & List of Investors - Tracxntracxn.com · 2021
- Co-founder of clothing subscription company Short Story on customizing styles for petite woman | KTLAktla.com · 2021