Afrostream YC Application

Summer 2015Inactive

Afrostream went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2015 batch as a Consumer 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 2015
Industry: ConsumerContent
Team size: 11
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2015

Founders

Tonjé Bakang TonjeFounder/CEO
Ludovic BostralFounder

What Afrostream does

Afrostream brings you the best black shows, films, web series and more, streaming online anytime, anywhere. The site boasts an international library of 1,000+ hours of premium content, subtitled or dubbed according to the local market. Afrostream has licensing deals in place with Warner Brothers, Sony, Viacom, Lionsgate, and Sky Vision among others. The company has signed distribution deals with TF1, Orange and Bouygues telecom and debuted in the summer of 2016 on set-top boxes in over 12 million households in Europe. Afrostream was previously incubated by Silicon Valley’s prestigious Y Combinator and has secured investments from Orange, Cross Culture Ventures, and ACE & Company. Afrostream is accessible on Smart TVs, on the web, iPad, iPhone, and Android devices in 28 countries in Europe and Africa. Afrostream targets the 15M people of African descent in Europe and 936M Africans in sub-Saharan Africa.

Afrostream's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Afrostream, Summer 2015 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Afrostream

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Netflix for African-American and African content

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

We built an on-demand streaming service offering 1,000+ hours of Black films, shows, and web series, available anytime and anywhere with subtitles or dubbing tailored by market. Our library includes licensed content from major studios like Warner Brothers and Sony. It's accessible on Smart TVs, mobile devices, and web browsers across Europe and Africa.

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

We live and work in Paris, Île-de-France, France, and plan to keep Afrostream based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Paris gives us access to European distribution partners and telecom operators like TF1 and Orange who have signed with us. It's also a hub for reaching the 15 million people of African descent in Europe and easily connects us to Africa.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Afrostream YC application?

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