Pagelever YC Application

Summer 2011Acquired

Pagelever 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: B2BAnalytics
Team size: 11
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2012

Founders

David TurnerFounder
Jeff WidmanFounder

What Pagelever does

PageLever is the leading analytics platform for measuring your brand’s presence on Facebook. 4 of the top 10 Facebook pages rely on PageLever, as well as brands like YouTube, MTV, and Intel. In January 2013, PageLever was acquired by Unified Social.

Pagelever's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Pagelever

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Facebook analytics

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

We built an analytics platform that measures how brands perform on Facebook. Our product analyzes Facebook pages' engagement and reach, helping marketing teams understand what content works and how their audience grows. It's designed for large brands and popular Facebook pages who need detailed, actionable insights on their social presence.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where the tech community and potential customers for analytics tools are concentrated. Being here lets us stay close to the market and talent we need.

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 Pagelever YC application?

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