Chari YC Application

Summer 2021Active

Chari went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2021 batch as a Consumer 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 2021
Industry: ConsumerFood and Beverage
Team size: 100
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Ismael BelkhayatFounder
Sophia AljFounder

What Chari does

Chari is an e-commerce and fintech app for traditional retailers in French-Speaking Africa allowing them to order any consumer goods they sell and get delivered for free in less than 24 hours. Chari is also a financial services provider for these retailers, offering them microloans.

Chari's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Chari, Summer 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Chari

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

B2B e-commerce and fintech for proximity stores

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

We built an app that lets traditional retailers in French-speaking Africa order any consumer goods they sell and get free delivery within 24 hours. On top of that, we provide financial services like microloans to help these retailers grow and manage cash flow.

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

We live and operate in Casablanca, Morocco, and plan to base the company here after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Casablanca is the economic hub in Morocco and sits at the heart of our market - serving thousands of local stores nearby lets us solve their problems firsthand. We want to stay close to where demand and our supply chain logistics make the most sense.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Chari YC application?

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