Curvenote

Curvenote YC Application

Winter 2021Active

Curvenote went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2021 batch as a Healthcare 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
Winter 2021
Industry
HealthcareHealthcare IT
Team size
3
Status
Active
Launched
2021

Founders

  • Rowan Cockett
    Rowan CockettFounder
  • Steve Purves
    Steve PurvesFounder

What Curvenote does

At Curvenote we are building the communication and publishing tools for scientists and engineers. In the future, every scientific report will feature interactive graphs with live data that will make it significantly easier to share and reproduce the work.

Curvenote's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Curvenote, Winter 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Curvenote

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Communication and publishing tools for scientists

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

We are building Curvenote, a platform for scientists and engineers to write and publish their reports with live, interactive graphs that update with live data. Our goal is to make scientific communication more reproducible and easier to share by integrating the data directly into the documents.

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

We live in Calgary, AB, Canada, and work remotely. After YC, the company would remain primarily remote but possibly centered around that area or where the team chooses.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based remotely from Calgary because that is where the founders are. This allows us flexibility and access to global talent without relocating immediately. It fits our early-stage small team structure.

21 more answers in the full application

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Curvenote YC application?

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

What YC batch was Curvenote in?

Curvenote was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2021 batch.

Who founded Curvenote?

Curvenote was founded by Rowan Cockett, Steve Purves.

What does Curvenote do?

Communication and publishing tools for scientists

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Curvenote's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.

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