Spice Data YC Application

Summer 2019Active

Spice Data went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2019 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 2019
Industry: B2B
Status: Active
Launched: 2019

Founders

Richard KregerFounder

Spice Data's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Spice Data, Summer 2019 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Spice Data

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Restaurant Data for the Enterprise

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

We build a data platform that provides enterprise-grade restaurant data. Our product collects and organizes accurate information from thousands of restaurants to help businesses make decisions in food tech, retail, and related industries.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company will remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has direct access to the restaurant and tech markets we serve, plus the resources for startup growth. Being here keeps us close to early customers and partners.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Spice Data YC application?

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