Apollo.io YC 지원서

Winter 2016Active

Apollo.io은(는) Winter 2016 배치에서 B2B 회사로 Y Combinator를 거쳤습니다. 아래에는 회사의 사업 내용, 창립자, 그리고 실제 YC 양식에 맞춰 재구성한 YC 지원서가 있습니다.

YC 배치: Winter 2016
산업: B2BMarketing
팀 규모: 800
상태: Active
출시됨: 2015

창업자

Tim ZhengFounder/CEO
Ray LiFounder

Apollo.io의 사업 내용

Founded in 2015, Apollo.io is a lead intelligence and sales engagement platform trusted by nearly 9,000 paying customers, from rapidly growing startups to some of the largest global enterprises. Our community-based approach to crowdsourcing data gives users maximum coverage while ensuring data accuracy. Our advanced algorithms and unique data acquisition methods help over 500,000 sales professionals enrich and analyze prospects' data to increase quality conversations and opportunities. We have notable investors: Y Combinator and Nexus Venture Partners. We recently completed a Series B financing to fuel our next growth phase. We have reached and maintained profitability for the last 18 months. Our growth and customer feedback set us apart from competitors. Apollo had over one million sign-ups for its platform in the past year, and the number of weekly active users increased by over 400%. We are a top-ranking G2 Crowd vendor in the Sales Intelligence, Lead Intelligence, Marketing Account Intelligence, and Sales Engagement categories. Our highest scores are in the B2B data space for accuracy and ROI based on customer reviews.

Apollo.io의 YC 지원서, 재구성됨

Y Combinator 지원

Apollo.io, Winter 2016 기수. 공개 데이터를 기반으로 작성된 실제 지원 질문.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Apollo.io

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Apollo is the foundation of your entire go-to-market strategy.

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

We built a lead intelligence and sales engagement platform that helps sales teams find and reach prospects more effectively. Our platform uses crowdsourced and proprietary data combined with algorithms to deliver accurate B2B contacts and insights, driving more quality conversations and sales opportunities.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company is based here with a remote workforce.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco gives us access to skilled technical talent and proximity to customers in B2B SaaS. Remote work lets us scale the team efficiently without geographic limits.

전체 지원서에서 21개의 추가 답변

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference는 전체 버전에 있습니다. 무료 계정을 만들어 YC Insights에서 모든 YC 배치 옆에 열어보세요.

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Apollo.io의 실제 YC 지원서인가요?

아닙니다. Y Combinator는 제출된 지원서를 비공개로 유지합니다. 이것은 재구성된 것입니다. 실제 YC 양식 질문에 Apollo.io의 공개 데이터(출시 노트, 창업자 배경, 제품 설명)를 기반으로 답변했습니다. Apollo.io과 같은 회사가 YC에 어떻게 자신을 소개하는지 보여주며, 그들이 제출한 텍스트는 아닙니다.