Scuba

Scuba YC Application

Winter 2013Acquired

Scuba 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

  • Ann Johnson
    Ann JohnsonFounder/CEO
  • Bobby Johnson
    Bobby JohnsonFounder/CTO

What Scuba does

Scuba is the fast and scalable event-based analytics solution to answer critical business questions about how customers behave and products are used. Interana allows users to analyze and explore the key business metrics that matter most in a data-driven world - such as growth, retention, conversion and engagement - in seconds, rather than the hours or days it often takes with existing solutions. Interana allows customers to discover and investigate these key insights easily through its visual and interactive interface, which makes data analysis a natural extension of everyone’s workflow.

Scuba's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Scuba

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Analytics for impatient people.

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

We built Scuba to be a fast, scalable event-based analytics platform. It helps businesses quickly explore how customers behave and how products are used by delivering answers in seconds, not hours or days. Our product, Interana, lets users analyze key metrics like growth or retention through an interactive, visual interface, making data analysis a natural part of their workflow.

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

N/A

Explain your decision regarding location.

N/A

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 Scuba YC application?

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

What YC batch was Scuba in?

Scuba was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2013 batch.

Who founded Scuba?

Scuba was founded by Ann Johnson, Bobby Johnson.

What does Scuba do?

Analytics for impatient people.

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Scuba's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.

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