Koshex YC Application

Summer 2021Active

Koshex went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2021 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 2021
Industry: FintechAsset Management
Team size: 21
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Akash AgrawalFounder
Komal Kumar GuptaFounder

What Koshex does

Koshex is building Wealthfront for India with data-driven insights around day to day finances for an individual to save more and invest well. We are automating wealth creation for 400 million Indian millennials with access to more than US$700bn of individual investable wealth.

Koshex's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Koshex, Summer 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Koshex

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Automating wealth creation for Indian millennials

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

We are building a product like Wealthfront for India that gives data-driven insights into users' day-to-day finances. It helps individuals save more effectively and invest in the Indian market. The product automates the wealth creation process for about 400 million Indian millennials by making personal investing accessible and smarter.

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

We live in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, and will base the company here after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Bengaluru is the fintech hub in India with access to talent and a growing market of tech-savvy millennials, making it the best place for us to build Koshex.

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 Koshex YC application?

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