Vendra YC Application

Summer 2024Active

Vendra went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2024 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: Summer 2024
Industry: Industrials
Team size: 5
Status: Active
Launched: 2024

Founders

Shan MohtaFounder
Anish BhardwajFounder

What Vendra does

Vendra makes sourcing custom parts from US manufacturers effortless. Submit one RFQ and we automate the entire sourcing process - matching you with the right suppliers, handling outreach, and collecting competitive quotes. Full transparency and no middleman markups - just smarter sourcing. Visit and submit an RFQ today!

Vendra's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Vendra, Summer 2024 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Vendra

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Custom Parts, Manufactured in America 🇺🇸

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

We built a platform that automates sourcing custom manufactured parts from US suppliers. Customers submit one RFQ, and we handle supplier matching, outreach, and competitive quotes to remove friction and middlemen markups.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we live and where the manufacturing and hardware startup ecosystem we tap into is strongest. It lets us recruit talent and connect easily with manufacturers and clients.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Vendra YC application?

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