Geosite YC Application

Winter 2019Acquired

Geosite went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2019 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 2019
Industry: B2BOperations
Team size: 40
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2018

Founders

Rachel OlneyFounder

What Geosite does

**GENERAL** Geosite is an enterprise SaaS platform for spatial data. Through pairing a marketplace with integrated data management and collaboration tools, Geosite enables customers to leverage spatial data for more rapid and accurate planning and operations. This platform is a dual use technology for both commercial and military customers. // **SPACE PEOPLE** Geosite is a cloud-based platform creating a comprehensive repository of geospatial data, such as satellite imagery, through the aggregation of public and commercially available data, providing market-wide ability to rapidly search, select, purchase, assemble, and manage data sets. This will not only create the most comprehensive and exhaustive marketplace for geospatial data and analytics, but also build the underlying data infrastructure for the geospatial industry. This marketplace, for both analytics and data, will enable customers from Oil and Gas companies to US Special Operations to access and consume data from many sources for greater operational efficiency and safety. // **O&G PEOPLE** Geosite is a data platform for Oil and Gas companies that allows customers to bring together their data for a clearer picture of the world. Over 80% of information has a spatial component to it, rarely is this being leveraged to add to the bottom line for Oil and Gas companies. With the proliferation of satellites and distributed sensors (IOT), we are at a juncture of immense opportunity for Oil and Gas exploration to reach an operational efficiency that was impossible only a few years ago. Geosite allows for cutting edge logistics planning and operational tracking to increase safety and productivity.

Geosite's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Geosite, Winter 2019 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Geosite

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Enterprise SaaS platform for spatial data

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

We built a cloud platform that combines a marketplace for spatial data with tools to manage, search, purchase, and assemble geospatial datasets. Our product serves enterprises like Oil and Gas companies and military customers who need to incorporate satellite imagery and other spatial data into operational planning and tracking.

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

We are based in Palo Alto, CA with a remote team distributed elsewhere.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Palo Alto is a center for technical talent and access to potential customers. We maintain a remote team to attract specialists in geospatial technology and scale effectively.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Geosite YC application?

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