Emobi

Emobi YC Application

Winter 2022Active

Emobi went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2022 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
Winter 2022
Industry
B2B
Team size
9
Status
Active
Launched
2022

Founders

  • Lin Sun Fa
    Lin Sun FaFounder/CEO

What Emobi does

Emobi is a unified legal, financial, and technical infrastructure that delivers seamless, secure, and reliable EV charging across networks - powering apps, fleets, and automakers while maximizing charger utilization. Our secure, fully automated charging technology, JustPlug, works instantly with no special hardware, software, or setup, making EV charging effortless. With 122,000+ EV chargers integrated across the U.S. and Canada, Emobi is recognized as the largest EV charging ecosystem in North America. Backed by two provisional patents and 15+ enterprise customers, Emobi's technology is also trusted by the Department of Energy (DoE) and the Department of Transportation (DoT). To learn more, visit

Emobi's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Emobi

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

A single point integration for secure and automated EV charging.

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

We built Emobi to unify the legal, financial, and technical infrastructure needed to operate EV charging across multiple networks. Our product, JustPlug, automates secure EV charging with no hardware or setup needed, making it easy for apps, fleets, and automakers to access and optimize charger use instantly.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based in San Francisco because it's the center of tech and innovation where we built our network and connected with our customers.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Emobi YC application?

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

What YC batch was Emobi in?

Emobi was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2022 batch.

Who founded Emobi?

Emobi was founded by Lin Sun Fa.

What does Emobi do?

A single point integration for secure and automated EV charging.

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Emobi's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.

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