Gonddo YC Application

Winter 2021Inactive

Gonddo went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2021 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 2021
Industry: B2BRetail
Team size: 6
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2020

Founders

Rodrigo CruzFounder
Guilherme CruzFounder
Bruno PassosFounder

What Gonddo does

Gonddo is a B2B wholesale marketplace that digitalizes inventories purchases for independent retailers and brings technology to modernise distribution and trade credit for SMBs in Brazil. With gonddo, retailers can find fresh products, discover new brands and easily connect with wholesalers

Gonddo's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Gonddo, Winter 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Gonddo

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Wholesale marketplace for independent retailers

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

We built a B2B wholesale marketplace that helps independent retailers in Brazil find fresh products, discover new brands, and manage inventory purchases digitally. Our platform connects retailers directly with wholesalers, improving how SMBs handle distribution and trade credit.

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

We live and work in São Paulo, Brazil, and Gonddo would remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

São Paulo is where most of our customers and wholesalers are. Being local allows us to understand their needs and logistics challenges better.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Gonddo YC application?

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