Dataform YC Application
Dataform went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2018 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
- Winter 2018
- Industry
- B2BAnalytics
- Team size
- 10
- Status
- Acquired
- Launched
- 2017
Founders
Lewis HemensFounder
Guillaume-Henri HuonFounder
What Dataform does
Dataform helps data teams build, version control, and deploy SQL pipelines in their data warehouse. Acquired by Google Cloud in December 2020.
Dataform's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Dataform, Winter 2018 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Dataform
Manage data in Snowflake, BigQuery, and Redshift
We build Dataform, a tool that helps data teams manage SQL pipelines inside their data warehouses. It handles building, version controlling, and deploying SQL-based data transformations in platforms like Snowflake, BigQuery, and Redshift. We focus on the pain points of managing complex pipelines reliably and collaboratively, so analytics teams can ship data faster and with fewer errors.
We live in London, England, and plan to base the company here after YC.
London has a growing data engineering community and the talent we need. We're based here and want to keep building a strong team locally while accessing YC's network remotely and with occasional visits.
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 Dataform YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Dataform's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Dataform would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Dataform in?
Dataform was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2018 batch.
Who founded Dataform?
Dataform was founded by Lewis Hemens, Guillaume-Henri Huon.
What does Dataform do?
Manage data in Snowflake, BigQuery, and Redshift
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Dataform's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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