Ziina YC Application

Winter 2021Active

Ziina went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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: Winter 2021
Industry: FintechConsumer Finance
Team size: 57
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Sarah ToukanFounder
Andrew GoldFounder
Faisal ToukanFounder

What Ziina does

Ziina is bringing the next generation of financial services to the Middle East.

Ziina's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Ziina, Winter 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Ziina

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

A digital wallet for the Middle East & North Africa

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

We have built a digital wallet tailored for the Middle East and North Africa that lets users send money instantly and easily across countries, pay bills, and manage their finances from their phones. It addresses regional gaps in cross-border payments and a lack of consumer-friendly fintech options in the MENA region.

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

We live and are based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The company is headquartered there and would remain so after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based in Dubai because it's a central financial hub for the Middle East and North Africa, the market we serve. It's also where we have local insight and connections necessary to navigate regional regulations and customer needs.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Ziina YC application?

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