Saida

Saida YC Application

Summer 2015Inactive

Saida went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2015 batch as a Fintech 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 2015
Industry
FintechCredit and Lending
Team size
4
Status
Inactive
Launched
2015

Founders

  • Kyale Mwendwa
    Kyale MwendwaFounder
  • Kenneth Ngetha
    Kenneth NgethaFounder

What Saida does

We're making a bank account that lets you easily separate, spend and track money. Just like houses have different rooms for different uses, our account lets you have dedicated pockets of money within your account for different uses.

Saida's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Saida, Summer 2015 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

Saida

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

A bank account that separates, spends, and tracks money

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

We're building a bank account that lets users create dedicated pockets of money within one account to separate funds by purpose. This helps people budget and track spending more clearly, like having rooms in a house for different uses.

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

We live in Nairobi, Kenya and Saida is based here with a remote team. After YC, we'll stay based in Nairobi.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We live here and have local knowledge of the financial challenges people face. Nairobi gives us proximity to our users and local banking partners, which makes building and iterating faster.

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 Saida YC application?

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

What YC batch was Saida in?

Saida was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2015 batch.

Who founded Saida?

Saida was founded by Kyale Mwendwa, Kenneth Ngetha.

What does Saida do?

A bank account that lets you easily separate, spend and track money

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

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

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