Candidature YC de Upgraded

Summer 2016Active

Upgraded a été sélectionné par Y Combinator dans le cadre du batch Summer 2016 en tant qu'entreprise Consumer. Ci-dessous : ce que fait l'entreprise, qui l'a fondée, et sa candidature à YC, reconstruite question par question dans le vrai formulaire YC.

Batch YC: Summer 2016
Secteur d'activité: ConsumerConsumer Electronics
Taille de l'équipe: 13
Statut: Active
Lancé: 2016

Fondateurs

Hendrik RoosnaFounder
JR RahnFounder

Ce que fait Upgraded

Upgraded helps retailers and carriers sell devices on subscription. Subscribers pay monthly and can upgrade anytime. Smartphones, laptops, tablets and more. Creating and managing these programs involves lender integrations, residual value management and building great software - resellers don’t know how to do this. Upgraded provides the infrastructure to launch immediately, keep customers loyal and cut replacement cycles in half. Device financing is a $541B market globally. US carrier financing grew from $13B to $51B in the last four years. Upgraded partners include Apple, Dixons/Elkjøp, MediaMarkt and Vodafone. Upgraded was founded in 2016. Investors include Y Combinator and GRIL Ventures. Upgraded is led by CEO John Erik Metcalf and CTO Ziad Sawalha.

Candidature YC de Upgraded, reconstruite

Candidature Y Combinator

Upgraded, promotion Summer 2016. Les vraies questions de candidature, répondues à partir de données publiques.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Upgraded

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Helps retailers and carriers sell devices by subscription

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

We built a platform that lets retailers and carriers offer device subscriptions where customers pay monthly and can upgrade anytime. It handles lender integrations, residual value management, and provides software to launch and manage these programs. Resellers don't have the expertise or infrastructure to do this themselves.

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

We live in San Francisco and have a distributed, remote team. After YC, the company will remain based in San Francisco with a remote setup.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the technical talent we need and proximity to key partners. Remote work lets our small team cover more ground efficiently.

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Questions fréquemment posées

Est-ce la vraie candidature YC de Upgraded ?

Non. Y Combinator garde les candidatures soumises privées. Ceci est une reconstruction : les vraies questions du formulaire YC, répondues à partir des données publiques de Upgraded (notes de lancement, parcours des fondateurs, description du produit). Cela montre comment une entreprise comme Upgraded se présenterait à YC, pas le texte qu'ils ont soumis.

À quel batch YC Upgraded appartenait-il ?

Upgraded faisait partie du batch Summer 2016 de Y Combinator.

Qui a fondé Upgraded ?

Upgraded a été fondé par Hendrik Roosna, JR Rahn.

Que fait Upgraded ?

Upgraded helps retailers and carriers sell devices on subscription.

Comment lire la candidature complète reconstruite ?

Créez un compte Round Funded gratuit. La version complète de la candidature de Upgraded en 26 réponses, et de chaque autre promotion YC, se trouve dans YC Insights.