Pave YC Application

Winter 2016Active

Pave went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2016 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 2016
Industry: B2BAnalytics
Team size: 6
Status: Active
Launched: 2015

Founders

JP PatelFounder

What Pave does

We turn your Google Analytics data in actionable insights + reports with our data science AI algorithm. We're a Y Combinator-backed company, and our users include Four Seasons Private Residences and Scribd.

Pave's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Pave, Winter 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Pave

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Analyze Google Analytics to generate marketing reports

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

We built a product that automatically converts Google Analytics data into actionable marketing reports using a data science AI algorithm. It reads raw metrics, detects important trends and insights, then delivers easy-to-understand reports to marketers and business owners.

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

We live in Toronto, Canada, and the company is based there as well as remotely across team members.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We started in Toronto where both founders live. The team is small and remote-friendly but having roots in Toronto makes coordination and hiring easier initially.

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 Pave YC application?

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