Blink YC Application

Winter 2021Inactive

Blink went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2021 batch as a Industrials 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 2021
Industry: IndustrialsAutomotive
Team size: 5
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2021

Founders

Giulio CantoroFounder/CEO
Jacopo BerlusconiFounder
Marco BorettoFounder
Marco TurettaFounder

What Blink does

Blink provides same-day delivery to e-commerce companies, helping them acquiring and retaining more customers thanks to a great delivery experience. Merchants sell on their website and Blink picks-up orders directly from physical stores or from dark stores (small urban warehouses) deployed in cities. Crowdsourced riders and transportation companies complete the delivery following routes optimized in teal time. Consumers can track and personalize their delivery.

Blink's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Blink, Winter 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Blink

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Same-day delivery for e-commerce in Europe

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

We're building a same-day delivery network for European e-commerce companies. Blink picks up orders directly from physical stores or urban dark stores. Crowdsourced riders and transport companies complete deliveries on routes optimized in real time, letting consumers track and personalize their experience.

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

We live and work in Milan, Lombardy, Italy, and the company is based here now and would remain here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Milan is where our founding team is based, and it's a strategic European city with the logistics infrastructure needed. Staying local keeps us close to our initial customers and delivery operations.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Blink YC application?

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