Cradle YC Application

Summer 2020Active

Cradle went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2020 batch as a B2B 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 2020
Industry: B2BRetail
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2020

Founders

Gaurav MishraFounder

What Cradle does

Cradle is a B2B payments network in India that lets small businesses collect online payments from other businesses for free.

Cradle's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Cradle, Summer 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Cradle

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

B2B payments network in India

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

We are building a payments platform that lets small businesses in India collect online payments from other businesses at no cost. Our network simplifies B2B transactions which are currently slow and offline. Businesses use our service to get paid faster without fees.

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

We live in Bengaluru, KA, India, and plan to base the company here after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Bengaluru is where our team is based and where we understand the market deeply. It's the hub for startups and fintech in India, so it's the natural place for Cradle.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Cradle YC application?

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