Candidature YC de WorldCover

Winter 2016Inactive

WorldCover a été sélectionné par Y Combinator dans le cadre du batch Winter 2016 en tant qu'entreprise Fintech. 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: Winter 2016
Secteur d'activité: FintechInsurance
Taille de l'équipe: 20
Statut: Inactive
Lancé: 2015

Fondateurs

Christopher SheehanFounder/CEO

Ce que fait WorldCover

WorldCover offers peer-to-peer investments that provide insurance to the global poor. We connect a growing pool of investors who seek uncorrelated investment returns and impact from their capital with a huge and growing need for natural disaster insurance in the developing world. WorldCover's platform improves food and income security for smallholder farmers in developing countries. More than 70% of the 2.5 billion people living at the “base of the pyramid” throughout the world rely on agriculture for income and sustenance. Farmers face a number of major risks to their livelihoods which they cannot control. Insurance gives them a sense of security even if they have a bad harvest, allowing them to improve their diets, invest in their farms, and send their children to school. In an increasingly interconnected world, diversified markets are becoming harder and harder to find. WorldCover's investment products offer both retail and professional investors attractive yet uncorrelated returns with the world's financial markets.

Candidature YC de WorldCover, reconstruite

Candidature Y Combinator

WorldCover, promotion Winter 2016. Les vraies questions de candidature, répondues à partir de données publiques.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

WorldCover

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Funding platform for global insurance

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

We built a platform that connects investors with insurance risk in developing countries, primarily focused on crop insurance. Our product lets investors provide capital that backs natural disaster insurance policies for smallholder farmers. This protects farmers from losing their livelihoods after bad harvests and delivers uncorrelated returns to investors seeking diversification away from traditional markets.

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

We live in New York City and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York is where we built our network of financial and impact investors and where the team is located. It also positions us close to key partners and investors interested in emerging market financial products.

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Questions fréquemment posées

Est-ce la vraie candidature YC de WorldCover ?

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 WorldCover (notes de lancement, parcours des fondateurs, description du produit). Cela montre comment une entreprise comme WorldCover se présenterait à YC, pas le texte qu'ils ont soumis.

À quel batch YC WorldCover appartenait-il ?

WorldCover faisait partie du batch Winter 2016 de Y Combinator.

Qui a fondé WorldCover ?

WorldCover a été fondé par Christopher Sheehan.

Que fait WorldCover ?

Funding platform for global insurance, starting with crop insurance…

Comment lire la candidature complète reconstruite ?

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