GrepData YC Application

Winter 2013Acquired

GrepData went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2013 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 2013
Industry: B2BAnalytics
Team size: 51
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2012

Founders

Viral BajariaFounder

What GrepData does

6sense's mission is to empower marketing and sales teams with 100 percent visibility into buyers; who they are, needs and timing. 6sense provides marketers with omni-channel connectivity and visibility from brand to demand to revenue. 6sense's patent-protected predictions power all downstream sales and marketing systems with intelligence on who is in an active buying cycle, what products, when they will buy and where they are in the buyer's journey. 6sense enables intelligent growth resulting in new pipeline, higher marketing to sales conversions, larger opportunity size and increased sales productivity and effectiveness with teams focusing on the right buyers with a need now. Visit us at: Learn more about us at Keep up to date on industry trends by following us on Twitter: @6SenseInc

GrepData's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

GrepData, Winter 2013 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

GrepData

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Big Data Analytics

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

We are building a big data analytics platform that delivers detailed insights about active buyers to marketing and sales teams. Our product analyzes omni-channel data to identify who is in the buying cycle, what they need, and when they will make a purchase. This helps customers focus their efforts on prospects with the highest likelihood to convert and increases sales effectiveness.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is the center for both big data innovation and our target customers in marketing and sales technology. Proximity to talent and potential partners makes it the best base for us.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real GrepData YC application?

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