Application YC di Afrostream

Summer 2015Inactive

Afrostream ha partecipato a Y Combinator nel batch Summer 2015 come azienda Consumer. Sotto: cosa fa l'azienda, chi l'ha fondata e la sua application a YC, ricostruita domanda per domanda nel form reale di YC.

Batch YC: Summer 2015
Settore: ConsumerContent
Dimensione team: 11
Stato: Inactive
Lanciata: 2015

Founder

Tonjé Bakang TonjeFounder/CEO
Ludovic BostralFounder

Cosa fa Afrostream

Afrostream brings you the best black shows, films, web series and more, streaming online anytime, anywhere. The site boasts an international library of 1,000+ hours of premium content, subtitled or dubbed according to the local market. Afrostream has licensing deals in place with Warner Brothers, Sony, Viacom, Lionsgate, and Sky Vision among others. The company has signed distribution deals with TF1, Orange and Bouygues telecom and debuted in the summer of 2016 on set-top boxes in over 12 million households in Europe. Afrostream was previously incubated by Silicon Valley’s prestigious Y Combinator and has secured investments from Orange, Cross Culture Ventures, and ACE & Company. Afrostream is accessible on Smart TVs, on the web, iPad, iPhone, and Android devices in 28 countries in Europe and Africa. Afrostream targets the 15M people of African descent in Europe and 936M Africans in sub-Saharan Africa.

Application YC di Afrostream, ricostruita

Domanda per Y Combinator

Afrostream, batch Summer 2015. Le vere domande del form, risposte da dati pubblici.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Afrostream

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Netflix for African-American and African content

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

We built an on-demand streaming service offering 1,000+ hours of Black films, shows, and web series, available anytime and anywhere with subtitles or dubbing tailored by market. Our library includes licensed content from major studios like Warner Brothers and Sony. It's accessible on Smart TVs, mobile devices, and web browsers across Europe and Africa.

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

We live and work in Paris, Île-de-France, France, and plan to keep Afrostream based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Paris gives us access to European distribution partners and telecom operators like TF1 and Orange who have signed with us. It's also a hub for reaching the 15 million people of African descent in Europe and easily connects us to Africa.

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Domande Frequenti

Questa è l'application YC reale di Afrostream?

No. Y Combinator mantiene private le application inviate. Questa è una ricostruzione: le domande del form YC reale, a cui si è risposto usando i dati pubblici di Afrostream (note di lancio, background dei founder, descrizione del prodotto). Mostra come un'azienda come Afrostream si presenterebbe a YC, non il testo che hanno inviato.

A quale batch YC apparteneva Afrostream?

Afrostream apparteneva al batch Summer 2015 di Y Combinator.

Chi ha fondato Afrostream?

Afrostream è stato fondato da Tonjé Bakang Tonje, Ludovic Bostral.

Cosa fa Afrostream?

AFROSTREAM is Netflix for African-American and African content…

Come leggo la ricostruzione completa della application?

Crea un account Round Funded gratuito. La versione completa di 26 risposte della application di Afrostream, e di ogni altro batch YC, è in YC Insights.