bxblue YC Application

Summer 2017Acquired

bxblue went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2017 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: Summer 2017
Industry: FintechCredit and Lending
Team size: 28
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2017

Founders

👨‍💻Fabricio BuzetoFounder
Gustavo GorensteinFounder
Roberto BragaFounder

What bxblue does

bxblue is a Y Combinator backed (S17) Personal loan marketplace for pensioners and government workers with guaranteed income in Brazil. bxblue is taking this $80 billion market online.

bxblue's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

bxblue, Summer 2017 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

bxblue

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Marketplace for Brazilians with guaranteed income

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

We built a personal loan marketplace exclusively for pensioners and government workers in Brazil who have guaranteed income. Our platform connects borrowers with lenders, simplifying access to credit in a market traditionally offline and opaque.

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

We live and operate mainly in Brasília (DF), Brazil, with a distributed remote team.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Brasília is at the heart of our main customer base - government workers and pensioners. The remote setup lets us tap talent across Brazil while staying close to our core market.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real bxblue YC application?

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