Capi Money YC Application

Summer 2023Active

Capi Money went through Y Combinator in the Summer 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: Summer 2023
Industry: FintechPayments
Team size: 40
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

Mitch RileyCo-founder / CEO
Scott LiddleFounder

What Capi Money does

Capi helps businesses in emerging markets make international payments. Importers in emerging markets pay up to 10% to settle invoices and wait weeks for payments to arrive. We’re on a mission to give businesses in emerging markets the same price and speed as we expect in the US and Europe.

Capi Money's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Capi Money, Summer 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Capi Money

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Helping businesses in emerging markets pay international invoices

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

We built a payment platform that allows importers in emerging markets to pay international suppliers quickly and without the 10% fees and weeks-long delays they usually face. Our product simplifies cross-border payments and cuts cost and time for those businesses.

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

We live in London, England, and after YC the company will be based here as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

London is where we have access to financial infrastructure, key talent, and global clients in emerging markets. Being here lets us build trust with partners and scale efficiently.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Capi Money YC application?

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