Castia YC Application

Winter 2022Inactive

Castia went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2022 batch as a Real Estate and Construction 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: Real Estate and ConstructionHousing and Real Estate
Team size: 50
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2022

Founders

Mauricio PeñarandaFounder
Nicolas PenarandaFounder
Eduardo RestrepoFounder

What Castia does

Castia is the first rent payment platform in Latam that allows tenants and landlords to get benefits for one of their single biggest monthly expense. Get rewards, pay with any payment method, build your credit score and even save for your future home downpayment, just by paying rent through Castia.

Castia's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Castia

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Built Rewards for Latam. Pay Rent and get benefits.

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

We built a platform that lets tenants and landlords in Latin America pay rent through Castia and earn rewards. Users can pay with any method, build credit scores, and save toward a home downpayment just by paying rent. We handle one of the biggest monthly expenses with added financial benefits.

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

We live and work in Bogotá, Colombia, and Mexico City, Mexico. After YC, the company will remain based in those locations.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We picked Bogotá and Mexico City because these are major rent markets in Latam with big tenant populations lacking financial benefits tied to rent payments. It's where the problem exists and where our team is.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Castia YC application?

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