Aplicación YC de Copia

Winter 2016Active

Copia pasó por Y Combinator en el batch Winter 2016 como una empresa de B2B. Abajo: qué hace la empresa, quién la fundó y su aplicación a YC, reconstruida pregunta por pregunta en el formulario real de YC.

Batch YC: Winter 2016
Industria: B2BOffice Management
Tamaño del equipo: 20
Estado: Active
Lanzado: 2015

Fundadores

Komal AhmadFounder/CEO

Lo que hace Copia

We waste 3X more food than there are hungry mouths to feed. It is not a lack of food that's the issue, but rather an ineffective distribution of that food. Hunger is not a scarcity problem; it's a logistics problem. For the first time ever, we can effectively donate prepared and highly perishable food to those who need it when we need it most. Copia is a for-profit company that has built technology allowing businesses (e.g., food management companies like Compass Group, corporate cafeterias, universities, hospitals, grocers, caterers, etc.) to easily request pickups of their surplus food, have it matched, and safely delivered to non-profits in need. With Copia, partnering businesses can seamlessly access significant tax savings, dramatically reduce food waste through data and analytics on surplus, and remove CO2 from the atmosphere, all while feeding their community. We have diverted over 7M pounds of edible food from landfills and provided businesses and nonprofits with over $23M in savings. We will feed over 7M people with incredible food that would have otherwise been wasted!

Aplicación YC de Copia, reconstruida

Solicitud de Y Combinator

Copia, batch Winter 2016. Las preguntas reales del formulario, respondidas con datos públicos.

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Company

Company name

Copia

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Software to connect surplus food to nonprofits

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

We have built a platform that allows businesses with surplus prepared food to request pickups of that food. Our system matches the surplus food with nonprofits in need and coordinates safe deliveries. It also provides data and analytics to help reduce waste and claim tax benefits.

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

We live mostly in San Francisco, CA, and operate remotely as well. The company is based in San Francisco.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the food industry connections and nonprofit networks we need. Remote work allows us to work flexibly with partners and nonprofits across regions.

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Preguntas Frecuentes

¿Es esta la aplicación YC real de Copia?

No. Y Combinator mantiene privadas las aplicaciones enviadas. Esta es una reconstrucción: las preguntas reales del formulario de YC, respondidas a partir de los datos públicos de Copia (notas de lanzamiento, antecedentes de fundadores, descripción del producto). Muestra cómo una empresa como Copia se presentaría a YC, no el texto que enviaron.

¿En qué batch de YC estuvo Copia?

Copia formó parte del batch Winter 2016 de Y Combinator.

¿Quién fundó Copia?

Copia fue fundado por Komal Ahmad.

¿A qué se dedica Copia?

Copia's a for-profit technology company that solves food waste &…

¿Cómo leo la aplicación completa reconstruida?

Crea una cuenta gratuita de Round Funded. La versión completa de 26 respuestas de la aplicación de Copia, y de cada otro batch de YC, está en YC Insights.