Trade YC Application
Trade went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2017 batch as a Industrials 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 2017
- Industry
- IndustrialsAgriculture
- Team size
- 3
- Status
- Inactive
- Launched
- 2016
Founders
Wilson CusackFounder/CEO
What Trade does
Trade is a platform that connects buyers, sellers, and transporters of commodities in Ghana. Trade allows buyers and sellers in Ghana to trade directly, cutting out the middlemen. You pick your quantity, grade, and price and they look for sellers to match you with. They weigh and grade every bag that they trade, deliver directly to you, and will take back any bag you reject, so you can buy without worrying.
Trade's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Trade, Winter 2017 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Trade
We're building Africa's Commodity Exchange.
We have a platform that connects buyers, sellers, and transporters of commodities in Ghana. Buyers choose quantity, grade, and price, and we match them with sellers. Every bag is weighed and graded, delivered directly, and if buyers reject any bag, we take it back. This lets buyers trust the system and trade without going through middlemen.
We live in Broken Arrow, OK, and the company is based here.
Our team is based in Broken Arrow, OK, but our market and users are in Ghana. We operate remotely to serve the local commodity trading ecosystem.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Trade YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Trade's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Trade would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Trade in?
Trade was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2017 batch.
Who founded Trade?
Trade was founded by Wilson Cusack.
What does Trade do?
We're building Africa's Commodity Exchange.
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Trade's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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