Sendbox YC Application

Winter 2021Active

Sendbox went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2021 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: Winter 2021
Industry: B2BSupply Chain and Logistics
Team size: 25
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Emotu BalogunFounder
Olusegun AfolahanFounder

What Sendbox does

Sendbox helps small e-commerce merchants who sell directly to customers through their own online channels or social media platforms with fulfillment. We now handle local and international fulfillment for over 7,500 merchants within Nigeria.

Sendbox's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Sendbox, Winter 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Sendbox

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Fulfillment by Amazon for African merchants

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

We built a fulfillment service that helps small e-commerce merchants in Nigeria ship their goods locally and internationally. Our platform integrates with their online and social channels, handling inventory, shipping, and delivery logistics so they can focus on selling.

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

We live in Lagos, Nigeria, and the company is based there. After YC, we plan to remain headquartered in Lagos where the merchants and logistics networks we serve are.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Lagos is the center of e-commerce in Nigeria and the hub for most of our merchants. The last-mile logistics and supply chain challenges we solve are very specific to this location, so being here keeps us close to the problem.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Sendbox YC application?

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