Botin YC Application

Winter 2022Inactive

Botin went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2022 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 2022
Industry: FintechAsset Management
Team size: 3
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2022

Founders

Robert BaronFounder
James JaraFounder

What Botin does

Botin a mobile app where people in Latin America can invest in US Stocks, Crypto and more. We are building a one stop shop product for consumers to create wealth in Latin America by giving them the investment tools of the 1%.

Botin's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Botin, Winter 2022 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Botin

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Investment super app for Latin America

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

We made a mobile app that lets people in Latin America invest in US stocks, crypto, and other assets. It combines multiple investment tools in one place so users can build wealth without needing access to expensive resources usually reserved for the wealthy.

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

We live in San José, Costa Rica and the company is based there with a remote team scattered across the region. After YC, we would remain based in San José but could expand remote work further.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We chose San José because it's our home, and it's an emerging market with many consumers shut out of global investment opportunities. Operating here lets us directly reach those users and build a product tailored to their needs.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Botin YC application?

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