Nabis YC Application

Winter 2019Active

Nabis went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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: Winter 2019
Industry: B2BSupply Chain and Logistics
Team size: 300
Status: Active
Launched: 2018

Founders

Vince NingFounder
Jun S. LeeFounder

What Nabis does

Nabis is the #1 licensed cannabis wholesaling platform in California, supporting over 300 exclusive brands and supplying the entire network of state-licensed dispensaries with top-tier products. Nabis offers clients lightning-fast fulfillment, warehousing, payment processing, financing, data analytics, sales and marketing services to enable more brands and retailers to innovate, launch and scale.

Nabis's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Nabis, Winter 2019 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Nabis

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Largest licensed cannabis wholesale platform

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

We built a cannabis wholesale marketplace connecting licensed brands directly with state-licensed dispensaries. Our platform handles warehousing, fast fulfillment, payments, financing, and sales & marketing services. We provide supply chain infrastructure and data analytics to help brands and retailers scale efficiently in a highly regulated industry.

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

We live in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York, and the company is based across those cities post-YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Cannabis markets and regulations differ widely by state, so having bases in California and New York lets us work close to both major markets and our regulatory ecosystems. Being in those hubs also keeps us near supply and customer networks.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Nabis YC application?

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