Emigre YC Application

Winter 2022Inactive

Emigre went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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: Winter 2022
Industry: FintechBanking and Exchange
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2022

Founders

Nishant AggarwalFounder

What Emigre does

Emigre is the fastest and the only end-to-end digital Indian banking solution for Indian expats (Non-Resident Indians) so they can support their families back home, shop on Indian websites, and invest in Indian stocks and real estate.

Emigre's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Emigre

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Banking in India for Indian expats

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

We are building an end-to-end digital banking solution designed specifically for Non-Resident Indians (NRIs). Our product lets users manage money in India easily, supporting family back home, shopping on Indian websites, and investing in Indian stocks and real estate - all from abroad.

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

We live in Palo Alto, CA, and the company is based here too.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Palo Alto is where we built the product and where our team is located. Being here lets us access tech talent and stay close to YC and investor networks.

21 more answers in the full application

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Emigre YC application?

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