Gotrade YC Application

Summer 2019Active

Gotrade went through Y Combinator in the Summer 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: Summer 2019
Industry: FintechConsumer Finance
Team size: 105
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Norman WantoFounder

What Gotrade does

Gotrade empowers Southeast Asians to invest and trade in US Stocks, Options and ETFs.

Gotrade's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Gotrade, Summer 2019 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Gotrade

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Robinhood for Southeast Asia

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

We built a platform that allows Southeast Asians to invest directly in US stocks, options, and ETFs. Our app lowers barriers like high fees, foreign broker complexity, and lack of local access, making US markets reachable for everyday users in SEA.

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

We live in Singapore and the company is based here. After YC, we plan to stay in Singapore as it's a key financial hub and where our core users are.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Singapore is where the problem is most acute, and it's central to Southeast Asia's digital finance ecosystem. Being here keeps us close to regulators, users, and partners.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Gotrade YC application?

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