SPATE YC Application

Summer 2018Active

SPATE went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2018 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 2018
Industry: B2BRetail
Team size: 15
Status: Active
Launched: 2018

Founders

Yarden HorwitzFounder
Olivier ZimmerFounder

What SPATE does

Spate is your machine intelligence solution for finding the next big trend in Beauty and Food. For example, we spotted trends such as turmeric, face masks, and cold brew.

SPATE's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

SPATE, Summer 2018 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

SPATE

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Trends prediction for marketers

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

We built a machine intelligence platform that analyzes online data to surface and predict emerging trends in Beauty and Food. Our product helps marketers spot rising consumer interests before they become mainstream, like turmeric or cold brew before they were widely recognized. Users are marketing teams at retail brands who need early signals to plan product development and campaigns.

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

We live in New York, NY and the company is based here with a mix of onsite and remote team members.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York is where we've built our initial network and access to retail brands; it's also where both Olivier and Yarden live. Being here keeps us close to customers and partner prospects.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real SPATE YC application?

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