Vendy YC Application

Winter 2022Active

Vendy went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2022 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: Winter 2022
Industry: FintechPayments
Team size: 20
Status: Active
Launched: 2022

Founders

Kayode DisuFounder

What Vendy does

Vendy is a marketplace on WhatsApp. We provide customized WhatsApp shops for sellers, allowing buyers to browse inventory, place orders with automated invoicing, and make payments, all within WhatsApp. No app download or sign-up required.

Vendy's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Vendy

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

A marketplace integrated directly inside WhatsApp

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

We provide sellers with customized shops on WhatsApp where buyers can browse inventory, place orders with automated invoicing, and pay without downloading an app or signing up.

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

We live and work in Lagos, Nigeria. After YC, the company will remain based in Lagos.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Lagos is where our early users and sellers are, and where WhatsApp is widely used for business messaging. This location keeps us close to our real market and team.

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 Vendy YC application?

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