Hellobill YC Application

Summer 2016Inactive

Hellobill went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2016 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: Summer 2016
Industry: B2BFinance and Accounting
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2016

Founders

Michael OhanaFounder/CEO
Aric LasryFounder/CTO

What Hellobill does

Imagine if all your PDF bills could be automatically downloaded every month for your accountant? Say hi to Hellobill. Hellobill is a 1-click solution that automatically downloads all your online PDF bills for your accountant. Uber, Amazon, AWS, Google Apps, Adwords, Facebook Ads, but also utilities bills and many more. Our users Hellobill is specifically designed for CEOs, CFOs, Managers and Office Managers that are tired of manual & tedious low-value accounting tasks. Our mission To put an end to the monthly nightmare associated with accounting in SMB. Thanks to Hellobill, our users refocus on what’s important: their business. Hellobill’s added value - Improve your efficiency Do more work in less time with an intuitive software - Increase productivity With data flowing automatically, you will make your work easier and faster. - Focus on adding value Automate basic functions, freeing up your time for the things that matters. How does it work? 1. Download the Hellobill desktop app 2. Log in to all your online providers’ accounts once & for all 3. Click on “Fetch my bills” and that's it! All your online bills are automatically downloaded and sorted every month. Your PDF bills are then sorted by month in your Dropbox. You can share them easily with your accountant. Think of services such as Amazon, Uber, AWS, Github, OVH, your bank and your phone & internet providers. Security is at the core of our product: using a desktop app allows us to never store our users’ credentials on our servers. We don't have access to your credentials as they are not stored on our side. They sit on your local keychain.

Hellobill's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Hellobill, Summer 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Hellobill

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Automatically aggregate PDF business bills

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

Hellobill is a desktop app that automatically downloads and organizes your PDF bills from all your online providers. After logging in once, users can fetch bills from services like Uber, Amazon, AWS, Google Apps, Facebook Ads, utilities, banks, and more. The bills are sorted by month in Dropbox, ready to share with accountants.

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

We do not have a fixed location currently, and after YC we will base Hellobill wherever it makes the most sense for the company and the team.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are currently location independent because both of us prioritize building the product and talking to users over a fixed office. After YC, we will decide based on where we find the best support and talent.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Hellobill YC application?

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