LeadGenius YC Application

Summer 2011Active

LeadGenius went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2011 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 2011
Industry: B2BSales
Team size: 50
Status: Active
Launched: 2012

Founders

Anand KulkarniFounder/CEO
Prayag NarulaFounder
Philipp GutheimFounder/COO
Dave RolnitzkyFounder/CPO

What LeadGenius does

LeadGenius is the most efficient way to equip sales and marketing teams with custom B2B lead data at scale. Our data experts conduct ongoing research to automatically supply teams with accurate contact information and hard-to-acquire data points for your most valuable buyer personas. By combining a remote global workforce, custom data, and machine learning, LeadGenius delivers the highest lead generation value in the marketplace.

LeadGenius's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

LeadGenius, Summer 2011 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

LeadGenius

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Account-based B2B lead generation

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

We provide sales and marketing teams with custom B2B lead data at scale. Our platform combines a global remote workforce with machine learning to continuously research and deliver accurate contact information and detailed data about high-value buyer personas. This helps companies target their most important prospects efficiently.

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

We live in Berkeley, CA and the company will remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based in Berkeley because it is where our founders live and it offers access to skilled engineers and a strong tech community. Staying local helps us recruit talent and iterate quickly.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real LeadGenius YC application?

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