Ahazou YC Application

Summer 2021Active

Ahazou went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2021 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: Summer 2021
Industry: B2BMarketing
Team size: 27
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Rui K MiadairaFounder

What Ahazou does

Ahazou is a SaaS app that helps offline local businesses to connect online with their customers to promote their brand, to build their reputation and to sell more. We've reached USD100k MRR with 16k+ subscribers. Our vision is to build the next all-in-one platform for 50 million local businesses to grow online in Latam. The company is founded by Rui Miadaira - 10+ years building local businesses, 3x entrepreneur, tech background with a Harvard MBA - and has built a team from iFood, Movile, PicPay. Ahazou is backed by GFC, Monashees, Y Combinator (S21) and more.

Ahazou's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Ahazou, Summer 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Ahazou

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Podium for local businesses in Latam

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

We build a SaaS platform that helps offline local businesses in Latin America connect with their customers online. Our product enables them to promote their brand, build reputation through customer engagement, and sell more through digital tools tailored for their context. We want to be the all-in-one solution for millions of local businesses who currently lack effective digital channels.

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

We live in São Paulo, Brazil, and the company is based here with a remote team.

Explain your decision regarding location.

São Paulo is where a huge chunk of our customers are and where our team with backgrounds in local tech companies is based. Being local in Latam is critical to understanding and serving offline businesses transitioning online.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Ahazou YC application?

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