Sreen Raghavan · Dec 2024
A supportive post referencing the launch and positioning the product as useful for serious equity analysts.
Help Institutional Investors manage, track & query their Excel models
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Formula Insight is a YC-backed B2B SaaS / investment-tech startup that helps institutional investors manage, query, and analyze complex Excel financial models alongside SEC filings, estimates, and earnings transcripts.
Primary product
An equity research platform for institutional investors that centralizes and searches financial models and related research documents.
Founded
2024
Headquarters
New York City, New York, United States
Team size
1-10
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Investment Tech
Offices
1 job at Formula Insight
Business model
Stage
Pre-Seed
Total raised
$500K
Latest round
Pre-Seed · Sep 2024
Latest amount
$500K
Sep 2024 · Y Combinator
Investors
Lean, founder-led YC startup with a finance-and-engineering mix; public materials emphasize speed, accuracy, security, and workflow automation for investment research.
Compensation
No public salary bands, compensation ranges, or hiring comp details were found.
Pricing
Public pricing is not clearly disclosed; third-party sources suggest subscription software with at least one public starting price point.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated monthly visits
464
Sreen Raghavan · Dec 2024
A supportive post referencing the launch and positioning the product as useful for serious equity analysts.
American Bazaar · Dec 2024
A news article covering the launch, describing the platform’s search across Excel models, SEC filings, transcripts, and consensus estimates.
Y Combinator · Dec 2024
YC announced Formula Insight’s new equity research platform, integrated with FactSet data and aimed at institutional equity research workflows.
Y Combinator · Jul 2024
YC’s launch post described Formula Insight as making complex spreadsheets searchable in plain English and storing each cell in a central repository for hedge fund research.
Stefan Raghavan · Jul 2024
Stefan described the product as an API that turns raw Excel files into structured, labeled data with semantic context for every cell.