DataNitro YC Application

Summer 2012Inactive

DataNitro 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: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 11
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2012

Founders

Ben LernerFounder
Victor JakubiukFounder

What DataNitro does

DataNitro integrates Excel with Python. It's the easiest way to get data in to and out of Excel, to automate your workflow, and to run sophisticated mathematical, statistical, or financial calculations in your spreadsheet.

DataNitro's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

DataNitro

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

We speed up Excel.

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

We integrate Excel with Python to make data transfer in and out of spreadsheets simple, automate repetitive workflows, and run complex calculations directly inside Excel. Our product lets engineers, analysts, and data-driven teams use Python's power within their familiar Excel environment.

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

We currently live in New York, NY. After YC we plan to keep the company based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York has a concentration of product-focused engineering talent and our users are here. It also fits our personal lives. We see no need to relocate to Silicon Valley to build this product.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real DataNitro YC application?

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