Shipmates YC Application

Summer 2022Active

Shipmates went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2022 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 2022
Industry: B2BSupply Chain and Logistics
Team size: 12
Status: Active
Launched: 2022

Founders

David MarquezFounder/CTO
Josh SupanFounder

What Shipmates does

Shipmates is a shipping platform that enables online business owners to book on-demand and standard orders using multiple couriers in the Philippines. An alternative to the hassles of manual booking and shipping. Shipmates helps e-commerce businesses grow by making their shipping process easier and faster. Launched in 2021, Shipmates was engineered to simplify logistics and scale businesses by allowing business owners to book shipments in bulk from different couriers in just a few clicks. Users have the option to connect their Shopify website to our platform or upload their orders using an excel file. Shipmates is currently in partnership with six couriers: Lalamove, Borzo, Grab, XDE, Entrego, and J&T as we work on adding more courier options. The platform also allows for nationwide shipping, Cash on Delivery and free courier pick-ups for the convenience of business owners. We believe that online businesses deserve more support for shipping which is why we built solutions through continuous product development and simplicity in design.

Shipmates's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Shipmates, Summer 2022 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Shipmates

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Shipping platform for online merchants

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

Shipmates is a platform for online merchants in the Philippines to book shipments from multiple couriers in bulk. Users can connect their Shopify stores or upload order files to manage shipping easily across six different courier partners. We simplify the booking and shipping process so merchants can focus on growing their business.

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

We live in Makati, NCR, Philippines, and the company will remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We've built strong local courier partnerships and understand the Philippine e-commerce logistics market deeply. Staying in Makati keeps us close to both our users and our courier partners.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Shipmates YC application?

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