OpenFunnel YC Application
OpenFunnel went through Y Combinator in the Fall 2024 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
- Fall 2024
- Industry
- B2BSales
- Team size
- 4
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2024
Founders
Fenil SuchakFounder
Aditya LahiriFounder
What OpenFunnel does
OpenFunnel is the Search Engine for GTM. Searching for "B2B SaaS, 501-1000 employees, uses Salesforce" - is just targeted spam. Even if you get creative with LLMs to query these databases, everyone has access to the same commoditized databases, these databases lack insights about right timing or pain-points prospects face. OpenFunnel is a time-aware search engine for insights and activities in your target segment - that reveal pain. You can search for activities like: "Find companies looking to implement usage based billing" "Find companies that moved from OpenAI to self-hosted models in the last 3-6 months" "Find companies who updated their pricing page to introduce an enterprise plan in the last 3 months" OpenFunnel continuously monitors these time-based signals, delivering actionable insights daily - so you have the fastest, unique insights that your competitors miss out on. Over 1000+ users are already discovering prospects through pain-first search, including some of the fastest-growing companies like Central, Mintlify, and Everest Systems.
OpenFunnel's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
OpenFunnel, Fall 2024 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
OpenFunnel
Time-aware search for actionable B2B sales insights
We build OpenFunnel, a search engine that monitors your total addressable market and surfaces companies when customized triggers based on recent, relevant signals fire. Instead of static databases, we continuously track activities and signals like pricing page changes or tech stack shifts to uncover pain points and timing that traditional prospect lists miss. Sales and GTM teams use it to find prospects based on actionable, time-sensitive insights, not just firmographic data.
We live in San Francisco, CA, and plan to keep the company based here after YC.
San Francisco is where we and our small team live and work. It's the hub for B2B SaaS and AI startups, which helps with recruiting and customer engagement.
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 OpenFunnel YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from OpenFunnel's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like OpenFunnel would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was OpenFunnel in?
OpenFunnel was part of the Y Combinator Fall 2024 batch.
Who founded OpenFunnel?
OpenFunnel was founded by Fenil Suchak, Aditya Lahiri.
What does OpenFunnel do?
We monitor your TAM and surface companies when custom triggers fire.
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of OpenFunnel's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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