Modern Treasury

Modern Treasury YC Application

Summer 2018Active

Modern Treasury went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2018 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 2018
Industry
B2BFinance and Accounting
Team size
160
Status
Active
Launched
2018

Founders

  • Matt Marcus
    Matt MarcusCo-Founder & CEO
  • Dimitri Dadiomov
    Dimitri DadiomovCofounder & CEO
  • Sam Aarons
    Sam AaronsCo-Founder & CTO

What Modern Treasury does

Modern Treasury offers tools that automate the full cycle of money movement - from payment initiation, through approvals, to reconciliation - and are accessible through web application or API.

Modern Treasury's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Modern Treasury, Summer 2018 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Modern Treasury

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Payment operations tools for money movement.

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

We are building tools to automate the full lifecycle of money movement. Our product handles payment initiation, approvals, and reconciliation through a web app and API. It's designed for financial operations teams who need to manage complex payments consistently and accurately.

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

We live in San Francisco, and the company is based here. We would stay here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where our team is located and where the financial and tech customers we serve are concentrated. It's the best place to build and scale a fintech company.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Modern Treasury YC application?

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

What YC batch was Modern Treasury in?

Modern Treasury was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2018 batch.

Who founded Modern Treasury?

Modern Treasury was founded by Matt Marcus, Dimitri Dadiomov, Sam Aarons.

What does Modern Treasury do?

Payment operations tools for money movement.

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Modern Treasury's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.

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