Journey YC Application

Winter 2021Acquired

Journey went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2021 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 2021
Industry: B2BSales
Team size: 10
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2021

Founders

Peter ClarkFounder
Anil SevimFounder
Brendan WeitzFounder

What Journey does

Journey is a storytelling tool designed for the internet age. We've identified hundreds of opportunities to tell better stories: sales, marketing, fundraising, and many more. Journey is a tool that allows you to combine all sorts of content into one interactive experience. We believe that the future of storytelling looks more like a video game than a slideshow. We're an experienced senior team (the founders have worked together for 6 years across two companies) that is building a well funded and thoughtful company.

Journey's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Journey, Winter 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Journey

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

No code platform for sales to tell better stories

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

We are building a storytelling tool for the internet age that lets salespeople, marketers, and fundraisers combine different content types into one interactive experience. Unlike traditional slideshows, our product feels more like a video game, making it easier to engage and win deals.

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

We are fully remote, and the company will remain remote after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are a remote team because our founders have worked together remotely for years across two companies. This fits how we operate best and lets us hire the best people wherever they are.

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 Journey YC application?

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