Canopy (was Encarte) YC Application

Winter 2019Active

Canopy (was Encarte) went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2019 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 2019
Industry: FintechPayments
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2018

Founders

George FangFounder
John LingFounder

Canopy (was Encarte)'s YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Canopy (was Encarte), Winter 2019 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Canopy (was Encarte)

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Encarte is building 1-click checkout for all online stores.

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

We are building a checkout solution that lets customers complete purchases from any online store with a single click. Our product integrates directly with merchants' sites to simplify and speed up the buying process, removing friction caused by complex checkout forms or redirect flows.

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

We currently live in San Francisco, CA, and would continue to be based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco puts us in the middle of the startup ecosystem with access to talent, investors, and potential customers. It's also where we both live and work now, so it's natural for us to stay here.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Canopy (was Encarte) YC application?

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