Rappi YC Application

Winter 2016Active

Rappi went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2016 batch as a Consumer 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 2016
Industry: ConsumerFood and Beverage
Team size: 4800
Status: Active
Launched: 2016

Founders

Simon BorreroFounder/CEO
Sebastian MejiaFounder
Felipe VillamarinFounder

What Rappi does

Rappi is a mega high growth, Series B, consumer tech StartUp looking to be the everything store of Latin America. We are a marketplace that connects users who want to purchase prepared foods, groceries, clothes, and more with contractors who fulfil them. Think of Rappi as a Doordarsh meets Delivery meets Instacart. We are venture backed by top VCs in the world including Sequoia, DST, Andreessen Horrowitz and YCombinator. Management consultant skills are highly valued and one of the founders and three of the company's top leaders are former top tier management consultants. We are across Argentina, Brasil, Mexico, Colombia and are aggressively growing in these markets and all throughout LatAm.

Rappi's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Rappi, Winter 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Rappi

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

On-demand delivery and financial services

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

We're building a platform that connects users in Latin America with contractors who deliver everything from prepared food to groceries, clothes, and more. The product combines on-demand delivery with financial services tailored for the region's needs.

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

We live and operate mainly out of Bogotá, Colombia, and we plan to continue basing the company there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Bogotá is where we understand the market and its logistics challenges deeply. Operating here lets us rapidly iterate based on real Latin American user behaviors and partner with local contractors effectively.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Rappi YC application?

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