PaletteHQ YC Application

Summer 2021Active

PaletteHQ went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2021 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 2021
Industry: B2BSales
Team size: 14
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Jean-Edern LorillonFounder

What PaletteHQ does

PaletteHQ makes it easy for B2B companies to calculate sales commissions and boost sales performance. We built a SaaS platform that non tech people can implement in a day, connect to their CRM, accounting software or ERPs, and calculate commissions automatically instead of using excel spreadsheets or BI tools.

PaletteHQ's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

PaletteHQ, Summer 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

PaletteHQ

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Manage sales commissions and sales performance

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

We built a SaaS platform that calculates sales commissions automatically and helps B2B companies improve sales performance. Non-technical users can connect PaletteHQ to their CRM, accounting, or ERP systems and replace spreadsheets or BI tools with an easy to implement system.

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

We live in Paris, Île-de-France, France, and also work remotely. After YC, we plan to keep the company based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Paris is where the three of us are based and where we have developed the product. We understand the European market well and want to remain here while scaling.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real PaletteHQ YC application?

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