Meesho YC Application

Summer 2016Public

Meesho 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: B2BRetail
Team size: 1450
Status: Public
Launched: 2016

Founders

Vidit AatreyFounder/CEO
Sanjeev BarnwalFounder/CTO

What Meesho does

Meesho is India’s only true online marketplace, altering the status quo to make e-commerce inclusive and accessible for the next billion users. With a vision to enable 100 million small businesses, including individual entrepreneurs, to succeed online, Meesho is democratising internet commerce and bringing a range of products and new customers online. The Meesho marketplace provides sellers access to millions of customers, selections from over 30 categories, pan-India logistics, payment services and customer support capabilities to efficiently run their businesses.

Meesho's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Meesho

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Democratizing internet commerce in India

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

We built an online marketplace that connects small businesses, individual entrepreneurs, and resellers across India with millions of customers. Our platform gives sellers access to products across 30+ categories, logistics, payments, and customer support tools to manage and grow their businesses online.

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

We live in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, and plan to continue basing the company here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Bengaluru is India's main startup hub with access to talent and a growing internet user base. It also sits close to many of our sellers and customers, so it's the best place to build and scale Meesho.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Meesho YC application?

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