Bluedot YC Application

Winter 2023Active

Bluedot went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2023 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 2023
Industry: Fintech
Team size: 15
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

Selinay ParlakFounder
Ferhat BabacanFounder

What Bluedot does

Bluedot makes EV charging payment easier and simplifies expense management for drivers and fleets. They're growing 40-45% weekly and made $110K GMV last week. Over 50% of vehicles sold will be electric by 2030. The payments management infrastructure for EV charging and the expenses doesn’t exist at the moment. The founders operated 100+ EV charging stations, worked in companies like Zipcar, Bosch, and Mercedes, and faced this problem through their own experiences. They built a team with a strong fintech background and publicly launched their Bluedot card on Dec 14th, 2022. Bluedot has raised their pre-seed from Y Combinator, Axel Springer, Porsche, Ford, TechNexus, DRF, and Pritchard Automotive.

Bluedot's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Bluedot, Winter 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Bluedot

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Single payment platform for EV charging

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

We built a payment platform that simplifies paying for EV charging and managing expenses for drivers and fleets. Our Bluedot card launched publicly in December 2022 and handles charging payments across many stations, integrating expense tracking to save time and hassle.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company is based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has a strong fintech talent pool and proximity to EV fleet customers and partners, which helps us move fast and build the right product.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Bluedot YC application?

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