99minutos YC Application

Winter 2020Active

99minutos went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2020 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: Winter 2020
Industry: B2BSupply Chain and Logistics
Team size: 5000
Status: Active
Launched: 2020

Founders

Alexis PatjaneFounder

What 99minutos does

We're an e-commerce logistics solution for e-commerce in Latin America. Buy online and receive it in less than 99 minutes, same day, next day or choose our new green delivery with zero emissions. We deliver within 52 cities in Mexico, 6 in Chile, 6 in Colombia, and 4 in Peru. Flat rate, live tracking, flexible routes, and plugins for every e-commerce. 99minutos: Delivery Fulfill99: Fulfillment centers Ruta99: Saas for routing solutions Punto99: Pudo network

99minutos's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

99minutos, Winter 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

99minutos

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

The fastest shipping for online shopping

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

We built 99minutos to solve frustrating delivery times in Latin American e-commerce. Our platform offers flexible shipping speeds from under 99 minutes to same-day and next-day delivery. We also operate fulfillment centers (Fulfill99), routing software (Ruta99), and a package pick-up network (Punto99), integrating with e-commerce platforms for flat-rate, live-tracked delivery across multiple countries.

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

We are based in Mexico City and have offices across Latin America - Chile, Colombia, Peru. After YC, we will remain headquartered here to keep close to our customers and logistics network.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Latin America's e-commerce market is young but growing fast with huge logistical challenges and little infrastructure for speed. Being in Mexico City and the region lets us build in the market we serve and solve problems first-hand.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real 99minutos YC application?

No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from 99minutos's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like 99minutos would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.