Koywe YC Application

Winter 2023Active

Koywe went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2023 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: Winter 2023
Industry: Fintech
Team size: 7
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

Ignacio DetmerFounder
Guillermo AcuñaFounder

What Koywe does

We provide simple, well-documented, and fully compliant payments APIs and interfaces so that any company can instantly start leveraging crypto to offer services like remittances, USD wallets, and investments.

Koywe's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Koywe, Winter 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Koywe

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Crypto On and Off Ramp for Latam

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

We built APIs and user interfaces that let companies quickly add crypto features like remittances, USD wallets, and investments. It's fully compliant and designed for Latin American markets where existing options are fragmented and complex.

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

We live split between Miami, Santiago, and Mexico City now. After YC, the company will remain distributed but operate mainly from Miami for easier access to US investors and LatAm markets.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Being in Miami places us at the crossroads of US capital and LatAm's crypto opportunity. We keep strong presence in Chile and Mexico to serve local clients closely.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Koywe YC application?

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