SalesSift YC Application

Summer 2014Inactive

SalesSift went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2014 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 2014
Industry: B2BSales
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2014

Founders

Chris AshbyFounder

What SalesSift does

SalesSift (formerly known as LeadFinch) is an intelligent lead-sourcing platform. Our machine learning algorithm recommends the best new companies to target based upon the profile of your existing customers.

SalesSift's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

SalesSift, Summer 2014 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

SalesSift

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Intelligent Lead Sourcing

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

We built an intelligent lead-sourcing platform that uses machine learning to recommend new companies to target based on the profiles of your existing customers. It helps sales and marketing teams find better prospects faster.

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

We live in London, and the company is based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based in London because that's where we live and work. Staying local keeps us close to early users and the UK sales market we understand.

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 SalesSift YC application?

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