Slash YC Application

Summer 2021Active

Slash went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2021 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 2021
Industry: Fintech
Team size: 70
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Victor CardenasFounder
Kevin BaiFounder

What Slash does

Slash is America's leading business banking platform. Backed by NEA, Menlo Ventures, Stanford University, and the founders of Tinder and Plaid, Slash works with over 5000 mid market businesses and moves $30bn per year across all payment rails. Businesses come to Slash for three simple reasons: 1. We are the "Costco" of business banking. You get the highest cashback on your card spend and the highest yield on your treasury account. 2. We offer a bunch of free software that saves you and your finance team time: expense management, accounting automations, invoicing - all for free. 3. We're available worldwide. Businesses in 100+ countries can sign up for a USD account on Slash. We offer businesses: 1. Deposit accounts with free outgoing wire and ACH transfers. 2. Unlimited virtual cards with up to 2% cash back. 3. Integrations to all major accounting platforms. 4. Invoicing, expense management, and bill pay software. 5. Stablecoin payments 6. An powerful card creation and payments API

Slash's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Slash, Summer 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Slash

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Banking, corporate cards, stablecoin payments - global

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

We built a business banking platform focused on mid-market companies that want better cash management and payment options. Slash offers deposit accounts with free wire and ACH, virtual cards with up to 2% cash back, and integrates with major accounting tools. We also provide invoicing, expense management, bill pay software, and enable stablecoin payments globally via a card creation and payments API.

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

We live in San Francisco and the company is based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we can access the best fintech talent and remain close to our investors and customers. It also puts us at the center of innovation and relevant partnerships.

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 Slash YC application?

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