Tendo YC Application

Winter 2022Active

Tendo went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2022 batch as a Consumer 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 2022
Industry: ConsumerSocial
Team size: 15
Status: Active
Launched: 2022

Founders

Felix ManfordFounder
Evans Darbo BoatengFounder
Primerose KatenaFounder
Derrick MungaiFounder

What Tendo does

Tendo enables anyone in Africa to sell online with zero upfront inventory - our mobile app connects dropshippers to local wholesalers. The sellers on the platform are able to source products through Tendo and resell items using social commerce tools, such as WhatsApp, arrange delivery, and get paid, all through the Tendo mobile app. At the moment, people who want to sell online need to save money, visit hundreds of suppliers to find a trusted one, and risk losing their capital by stocking up inventory. Beyond this, they need to incur costs for logistics and warehousing. We eliminate all that.

Tendo's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Tendo, Winter 2022 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Tendo

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Enabling Africans to sell online with zero capital

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

We built a mobile app that connects aspiring sellers in Africa to local wholesalers who offer dropshipping. Sellers can find products, resell them through social channels like WhatsApp, arrange deliveries, and get paid - all from one app. We remove the upfront cost, inventory risk, and logistics headaches that block people from selling online here.

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

We live and work in Accra, Ghana. The company will remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Accra is where our users and wholesalers are. We know the market firsthand and need to be close to our local supply network and customers to build and grow effectively.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Tendo YC application?

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