LeanMarket YC Application

Summer 2012Inactive

LeanMarket went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2012 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 2012
Industry: B2BMarketing
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2012

Founders

Cyrus LohrasbpourFounder

What LeanMarket does

LeanMarket discovers the highest performing placements of advertising that allows users to build an ideal campaign based off in-depth reporting.

LeanMarket's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

LeanMarket, Summer 2012 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

LeanMarket

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Mobile advertising

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

We built LeanMarket to help advertisers find the highest performing ad placements on mobile. It delivers detailed reporting so users can create better-targeted campaigns by selecting the most effective spots to advertise.

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

We live in Mountain View, CA, and would remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Mountain View puts us close to potential customers and the tech ecosystem we need to grow and support LeanMarket.

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 LeanMarket YC application?

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