Pelm YC Application

Winter 2022Inactive

Pelm went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2022 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 2022
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 5
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2022

Founders

Drew KimFounder

What Pelm does

Pelm is building an API that allows companies to access their user's energy data from utilities. Using Pelm, you can query hourly electricity usage or transfer service for a specific property. Instead of building clunky integrations with hundreds of utilities across the U.S., you only need to integrate with one seamless API to start harnessing energy data. Our platform will provide the infrastructure for a whole new wave of climate focused technology companies to flourish. As sustainability-oriented efforts like automated demand response, home electrification, or solar installations (to name a few) become more popular, they will need certain tools to succeed. We at Pelm hope our universal API will help our world reduce carbon emissions, meet climate goals, and create a more sustainable life for everyone.

Pelm's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Pelm, Winter 2022 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Pelm

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Plaid for utilities

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

We built an API that lets companies access users' energy data from utilities. Instead of integrating with each utility, you integrate with ours to get hourly electricity usage or transfer service for a specific property. This lets climate tech companies build products that rely on energy data without dealing with messy, inconsistent utility systems.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we live and is a hub for energy tech and climate startups. It makes sense to be here for hiring and connecting with early customers in this space.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Pelm YC application?

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