Nextstore YC Application

Summer 2020Inactive

Nextstore went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2020 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 2020
Industry: B2BMarketing
Team size: 6
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2020

Founders

Victor FerrandFounder
Arthur BonnecarrereFounder

What Nextstore does

Nextstore has been built over e-merchants desire for greater performance, suited analytics, and sleek UX. With an opinionated approach and a low-code environment, Nextstore offers the first mobile-native website builder. Our vision is to enable merchants to build outstanding online Experience with the control they need to be successful

Nextstore's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Nextstore, Summer 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Nextstore

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Mobile optimized storefronts for Shopify

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

We are building a mobile-native website builder tailored for Shopify merchants. Our product helps e-merchants create mobile-optimized storefronts with better performance, relevant analytics, and a sleek UX. We focus on a low-code platform giving store owners control without needing design or development skills.

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

We live in Paris, Île-de-France, France, and plan to base the company there after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We're based in Paris where we have our network, and it's where the founding team lives and works. We want to build locally first, close to early users and our team.

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 Nextstore YC application?

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