Partnered YC Application

Winter 2021Acquired

Partnered went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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: Winter 2021
Industry: B2BSales
Team size: 2
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2021

Founders

Adam Michalski
Tim Sherwood

What Partnered does

Partnered is the network where B2B sales teams share customer introductions. Join for free and get started in less than five minutes.

Partnered's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Partnered, Winter 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Partnered

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Network where sales teams share intros

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

We built Partnered to be the network where B2B sales teams share customer introductions. Salespeople can join for free and start connecting in under five minutes. It solves the problem of sales teams being siloed and missing out on warm introductions that accelerate deals.

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

We live in New York, NY and the company would remain based there after YC while allowing for remote work.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York is where we are based and where we have built our early network. We want to stay close to our users and tap into the city's strong B2B sales ecosystem while working remotely as needed.

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 Partnered YC application?

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