Apollo.io YC 申请

Winter 2016Active

Apollo.io 在 Winter 2016 批次的 Y Combinator 中作为一家 B2B 公司进行过。以下是：公司做什么、谁创立了它，以及其 YC 申请，按照真实 YC 表格逐题重建。

YC 批次: Winter 2016
行业: B2BMarketing
团队规模: 800
状态: Active
已发布: 2015

创始人

Tim ZhengFounder/CEO
Ray LiFounder

Apollo.io 做什么

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.io 的 YC 申请，重建版

Y Combinator 申请

Apollo.io，Winter 2016 期。来自公开数据的真实申请问题解答。

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.

21 更多回答在完整申请中

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference 包含在完整版中。创建免费账户即可在 YC Insights 中打开，紧邻每个其他 YC 批次。

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常见问题解答

这是 Apollo.io 的真实 YC 申请吗？

不是。Y Combinator 对提交的申请保密。这是重建版：使用 Apollo.io 的公开数据（发布笔记、创始人背景、产品描述）回答真实的 YC 表格问题。它展示了像 Apollo.io 这样的公司会如何向 YC 自我介绍，而不是他们提交的文本。

Apollo.io 是哪个 YC 批次的？

Apollo.io 是 Y Combinator Winter 2016 批次的成员。

谁创立了 Apollo.io？

Apollo.io 由 Tim Zheng, Ray Li 创立。

Apollo.io 做什么？