Canopy Labs YC Application

Summer 2012Inactive

Canopy Labs went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2012 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 2012
Industry: B2BAnalytics
Team size: 11
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2012

Founders

Wojciech GrycFounder/CEO
Jorge EscobedoFounder/CTO

What Canopy Labs does

Every customer reaches a buying decision in their unique way - Canopy Labs helps businesses to track and optimize their customer journey. Using our platform, businesses can plan more targeted marketing campaigns and optimize their lead lists, with a focus on maximizing revenue and sales growth. Our platform is currently being used in a variety of industries, including sports, ticket sales, daily deals, and online retail, and customers ranging from $10B retailers to small online businesses. Canopy Labs has offices in Toronto and New York City. The company is led by CEO Wojciech Gryc, who is a former McKinsey consultant and Rhodes Scholar, and CTO Jorge Escobedo, who has a PhD in Theoretical Physics and researched string theory. It is backed by Y Combinator, BDC IT Ventures Fund, and Valar Ventures.

Canopy Labs's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Canopy Labs, Summer 2012 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Canopy Labs

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Customer journey analytics for SMBs

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

We build a platform that helps small and medium businesses track each customer's unique buying path. Our product automates customer analytics, letting teams plan targeted marketing campaigns and prioritize leads to drive sales growth.

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

We live in New York City. After YC, the company would be based in New York and Toronto where we also have an office.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based in New York to be close to many customer prospects and partners, with an existing office in Toronto for tech development. This lets us combine business and technical operations effectively.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Canopy Labs YC application?

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