Namaste Business YC Application

Summer 2019Inactive

Namaste Business 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: 15
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2019

Founders

Shubham AgrawalFounder
Dhilbar RoshanFounder

What Namaste Business does

Namaste is Shopify for a mobile first world. Using Namaste, small businesses can make their own eCommerce website and native mobile apps. At the press of a button they can publish their app to Google Play Store and Apple App Store.

Namaste Business's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Namaste Business

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Shopify for a mobile first world

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

We make a platform that lets small businesses build their own eCommerce website and native mobile apps without technical skills. With one click, they can publish apps on Google Play and Apple App Store, something other platforms don't offer easily for mobile-first markets.

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

We live in Bengaluru, India, and after YC the company would remain based there.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Bengaluru has a vibrant tech scene and access to the kind of small businesses we target. Being here keeps us close to our users and local market nuances, which is critical for our product.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Namaste Business YC application?

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