Airgoods

Airgoods YC Application

Summer 2023Active

Airgoods went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2023 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 2023
Industry
B2BRetail
Team size
10
Status
Active
Launched
2023

Founders

  • Aaron Farr
    Aaron FarrFounder
  • Paolo Carroll
    Paolo CarrollFounder
  • Elian Haddock
    Elian HaddockFounder

What Airgoods does

Airgoods is building the future of food and beverage distribution. Today, we help thousands of independent grocers and specialty food stores (like Westside Market, Butterfield Market, and Epicurus Gourmet) discover, order, and sell emerging and gourmet brands like Fishwife, David, and Ghia.

Airgoods's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Airgoods, Summer 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Airgoods

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Wholesale marketplace for food & beverage

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

We've built a B2B wholesale marketplace that connects independent grocers and specialty food stores directly with emerging and gourmet food and beverage brands. Our platform simplifies discovery, ordering, and inventory management for products you won't find through traditional distributors. Stores like Westside Market and Butterfield Market use Airgoods to add unique brands like Fishwife, David, and Ghia to their shelves.

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

We live and work in New York, NY and the company will remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Our customers, independent grocers and specialty stores, are concentrated in New York and nearby markets. Being here lets us understand their needs firsthand and rapidly iterate on our product with constant feedback from users around us.

21 more answers in the full application

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Airgoods YC application?

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

What YC batch was Airgoods in?

Airgoods was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2023 batch.

Who founded Airgoods?

Airgoods was founded by Aaron Farr, Paolo Carroll, Elian Haddock.

What does Airgoods do?

Wholesale marketplace for food & beverage

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Airgoods's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.

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