Glio YC Application

Summer 2013Inactive

Glio went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2013 batch as a Consumer 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 2013
Industry: ConsumerApparel and Cosmetics
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2013

Founders

Roberto RiccioFounder/CEO
João de PaulaFounder/CTO

What Glio does

The best e-commerce experience in Latin America. We connected buyers to sellers, giving you the lowest prices and the highest quality customer service. Glio is the 1st Y Combinator-backed company from LatAm.

Glio's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Glio, Summer 2013 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Glio

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Amazon Marketplace for Latin America

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

We built an e-commerce marketplace tailored for Latin America that connects buyers directly to sellers offering apparel and cosmetics. Our platform focuses on delivering the best prices and customer service in the region, solving the problem of unreliable and inefficient online shopping experiences found elsewhere.

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

We live in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and plan to base Glio here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We chose Rio because it's our home and the center of our customer base in Latin America. Staying local keeps us close to our users and suppliers to understand their needs better.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Glio YC application?

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