Fuse YC Application

Winter 2019Inactive

Fuse 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: Fintech
Team size: 7
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2018

Founders

Boateng Opoku-YeboahFounder
Landon Vago-HughesFounder
Tunde AlaoFounder

What Fuse does

Fuse provides single API that integrates with multiple bank connection vendors, such as Plaid, MX, Teller, Finicity and Yodlee. Users can easily search for and select their bank via a drop-in component in your app, and then the most reliable bank connection vendor for that bank will be displayed. Fuse also provides a consistent data model for all bank integrations and handles the necessary data transformations and API quirks for you. By using Fuse, companies can improve the reliability of bank connections, reduce disconnections, and support more banks.

Fuse's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Fuse, Winter 2019 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Fuse

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Unified API for financial data aggregators.

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

We built a single API that integrates multiple bank connection vendors like Plaid, MX, Teller, Finicity, and Yodlee. Our product lets apps integrate a drop-in bank selector that shows the most reliable connection vendor for each bank. We handle data transformations and unify inconsistent APIs so companies get a consistent data model across all banks.

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

We live in New York, NY and plan to base the company here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York gives us access to fintech clients and a strong talent pool familiar with complex financial data problems, which is critical for a product like Fuse.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Fuse YC application?

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