Pachama YC Application
Pachama went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2019 batch as a Industrials 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 2019
- Industry
- IndustrialsClimate
- Team size
- 85
- Status
- Acquired
- Launched
- 2018
Founders
Diego Saez GilFounder
Tomas AftalionFounder
What Pachama does
Pachama is a leading climate-tech company harnessing cutting-edge technologies such as computer vision and satellites to drive funding to effective reforestation and conservation projects that sequester carbon, enhance biodiversity and enrich local communities around the world. Through a tech-verified marketplace that counts as customer the likes of Amazon, Airbnb, Netflix and Nespresso, the company drives capital to forests in Brazil, Mexico, India, the USA and beyond. The company is backed by top investors such as Bill Gates' BEV, Chis Sacca's LowerCarbon, Amazon Climate Pledge among others. The company is fully remote and driven by a strong sense of purpose.
Pachama's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Pachama, Winter 2019 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Pachama
Restoring nature to solve climate change.
We built a platform that uses satellite imagery and machine learning to verify and monitor reforestation and conservation projects. Our product creates a marketplace where companies can fund carbon capture through forests with confidence that their money results in real carbon sequestration and biodiversity benefits.
We live in San Francisco and operate fully remote. After YC, the company would remain based in San Francisco with a distributed team.
San Francisco gives us access to the right talent, investors, and customers interested in climate tech. Being remote lets us work globally on forests while staying connected to the ecosystem here.
21 more answers in the full application
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Pachama YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Pachama's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Pachama would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Pachama in?
Pachama was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2019 batch.
Who founded Pachama?
Pachama was founded by Diego Saez Gil, Tomas Aftalion.
What does Pachama do?
Restoring nature to solve climate change.
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Pachama's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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