SFOX YC Application

Summer 2014Active

SFOX went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2014 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 2014
Industry: FintechBanking and Exchange
Team size: 60
Status: Active
Launched: 2014

Founders

George MelikaFounder/CTO
Akbar ThobhaniFounder

What SFOX does

SFOX, a YC-backed company, makes it easy for enterprises to trade bitcoin. We started with an advanced trading platform that uses algorithms to provide a competitive advantage to our customers. SFOX now aims to expand international commerce by making it easy to trade any currency and settle in real time.

SFOX's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

SFOX, Summer 2014 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

SFOX

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Crypto-currency trading platform.

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

We built an advanced trading platform for enterprises to buy and sell bitcoin using algorithms that give them a better price and lower costs than exchanges or brokers alone. Our product simplifies access to liquidity and automation in crypto trading. We now plan to expand into trading and settling any currency in real time.

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

We live in Los Angeles, CA and the company is based there with a remote team.

Explain your decision regarding location.

LA has a strong fintech talent pool and access to crypto enterprises. We also have the flexibility of a remote team, which lets us hire the best engineers and traders regardless of location.

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 SFOX YC application?

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