ShipBob YC Application

Summer 2014Active

ShipBob went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2014 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: Summer 2014
Industry: B2BSupply Chain and Logistics
Team size: 1
Status: Active
Launched: 2014

Founders

Divey GulatiFounder
Dhruv SaxenaFounder

What ShipBob does

ShipBob is a leading global fulfillment and supply chain platform designed for SMB and Mid-Market ecommerce brands. ShipBob provides brands a single view of their business and customers across sales channels to manage products, inventory, orders, and shipments, leveraging real-time analytics and reporting, dedicated support, and access to hundreds of technology and retail partners. ShipBob enables brands to improve the operations in their own facilities with ShipBob WMS (ShipBob's proprietary warehouse management system), and/or outsource fulfillment to have their orders picked, packed, and shipped from any of ShipBob’s 50+ fulfillment centers across the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia. Founded in 2014, ShipBob launched through Y Combinator by co-founders Dhruv Saxena and Divey Gulati, two ecommerce entrepreneurs who saw a need for more efficient SMB supply chain services. Learn more by visiting shipbob.com.

ShipBob's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

ShipBob

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Amazon-level logistics for ecommerce brands

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

We're building a fulfillment and supply chain platform tailored for small and mid-market ecommerce businesses. Our product gives brands one dashboard to manage inventory, orders, and shipments across sales channels, plus tools to operate their warehouse or outsource fulfillment to our network of centers that pick, pack, and ship their orders.

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

We live and work in Chicago, IL, and the company will remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Chicago is where we have built our initial customer base and network. The city has a strong ecommerce and logistics ecosystem, which helps us stay close to our users and partners.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real ShipBob YC application?

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