ECSA YC Application

Summer 2022Active

ECSA went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2022 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 2022
Industry: FintechPayments
Status: Active
Launched: 2022

Founders

Joao Victor AguiarFounder
Vitor Gomes MirandaFounder
Rodrigo MarinoFounder

What ECSA does

Our AI Agent runs the entire international trade operation: handles customs processes with government agencies and regulators, orchestrates cross-border payments, and provides credit solutions for trade finance. Built by ECSA, a Central Bank - licensed FX bank, the agent allows exporters and importers to move goods and money seamlessly across borders. Today it powers +USD 1b in annual volume across +17.000 transactions, cutting costs and eliminating regulatory friction.

ECSA's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

ECSA, Summer 2022 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

ECSA

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI Agent runs international trade operations

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

We built an AI Agent that automates the whole international trade process for exporters and importers. It handles customs with government agencies, manages cross-border payments through our Central Bank - licensed FX bank, and offers credit solutions for trade finance. The goal is to remove friction and make moving goods and money across borders straightforward.

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

We live in Manaus, Brazil, and the company is based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Manaus is a key logistics hub for Brazil's trade and where we have regulatory licenses and network. Staying here keeps us close to our core market and government partners.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real ECSA YC application?

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