matagora YC Application

Summer 2019Active

matagora went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2019 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 2019
Industry: B2BRetail
Team size: 5
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

Chris KyrasFounder
Wenjun ZhuFounder

What matagora does

At Matagora, our team brings over a decade of retail experience. Our mission is to empower independent retailers with the tools they need to compete with big box stores and effectively level out the playing field. One of the biggest challenges we see is staffing - many retailers struggle to maintain consistent, reliable, and properly trained team members to handle back-office tasks, marketing, ecommerce, POS management, and basic tech know-how. That’s why we offer affordable, ecommerce expertise as a service. Retailers no longer have to worry about high turnover, constant retraining, or trying to learn everything themselves. Instead, they can stay focused on what they love: curating great products and delivering an amazing in-store experience - while we handle the rest. And since it’s a simple expense, it’s easy to plan for and write off, too.

matagora's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

matagora

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

We build tech that helps local retailers compete.

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

We offer local retailers a service that handles their ecommerce, marketing, POS, and back-office tech needs. We solve the problem of high staff turnover and lack of tech knowledge by providing affordable ongoing expertise as a simple subscription they can budget for.

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

We live in Montreal, Canada, with some team members remote. The company would remain based in Montreal after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Montreal is where we built our network and initial customers. We have remote team members and want to keep the company here to maintain our roots and benefit from the local tech scene.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real matagora YC application?

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