Axoni YC Application

Winter 2014Acquired

Axoni went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2014 batch as a Fintech 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 2014
Industry: FintechBanking and Exchange
Team size: 155
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2013

Founders

Greg SchveyFounder/CEO
Jeffrey SchveyFounder/CTO

What Axoni does

Axoni is a New York-based technology firm that builds multi-party workflows and infrastructure for some of the largest financial institutions in the world. Founded in 2013, the company offers core data infrastructure, application development, and automation tools.

Axoni's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Axoni, Winter 2014 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Axoni

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Next generation capital markets technology

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

We build core data infrastructure and automation tools that enable large financial institutions to automate multi-party workflows in capital markets. Our platform reduces manual reconciliation and increases trust in shared financial data.

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

We live in New York, and the company is based there.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Capital markets and our primary users are centered in New York's financial ecosystem. Being close to customers and the financial centers is essential to developing realistic and robust solutions.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Axoni YC application?

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