Heron Data YC Application

Summer 2020Active

Heron Data went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2020 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 2020
Industry: B2B
Team size: 60
Status: Active
Launched: 2020

Founders

Johannes JaeckleFounder
Dominic KwokFounder
Jamie ParkerFounder

What Heron Data does

At Heron, we use the latest advances in AI and LLMs to automate document-heavy workflows. Our software handles emails, analyzes attachments, and takes actions like updating CRMs or requesting more info. We serve businesses from small companies to FDIC-insured banks in sectors like Small Business Finance and Commercial Insurance.

Heron Data's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Heron Data, Summer 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Heron Data

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Automate document-heavy workflows in finance

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

We've built software that automates email-based, document-heavy workflows for financial services and other businesses. Our product parses incoming emails and attachments, extracts data, and triggers actions like CRM updates or sending follow-ups. It targets complex manual processes that haven't been automated before.

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

We live in New York and the company is based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Our customers are mostly in finance, many of them FDIC-insured banks, so being in New York puts us close to both users and industry partners.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Heron Data YC application?

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