Saida YC Application
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya
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
- Location
- Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya
- Team size
- 4
- Status
- Inactive
- Launched
- 2015
Founders
- Kyale MwendwaFounder
- 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.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Saida
A bank account that separates, spends, and tracks money
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.
We live in Nairobi, Kenya and Saida is based here with a remote team. After YC, we'll stay based in Nairobi.
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. 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. Y Combinator does not publish most applications.
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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