Application YC di Coinbase

Summer 2012Public

Coinbase ha partecipato a Y Combinator nel batch Summer 2012 come azienda Fintech. 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 2012
Settore: FintechBanking and Exchange
Dimensione team: 6112
Stato: Public
Lanciata: 2012

Founder

Brian ArmstrongFounder/CEO

Cosa fa Coinbase

Founded in June of 2012, Coinbase is a digital currency wallet and platform where merchants and consumers can transact with new digital currencies like bitcoin, ethereum, and litecoin. Our vision is to bring more innovation, efficiency, and equality of opportunity to the world by building an open financial system. Our first step on that journey is making digital currency accessible and approachable for everyone. Two principles guide our efforts. First, be the most trusted company in our domain. Second, create user-focused products that are easier and more intuitive to use.

Application YC di Coinbase, ricostruita

Domanda per Y Combinator

Coinbase, batch Summer 2012. Le vere domande del form, risposte da dati pubblici.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Coinbase

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Buy, sell, and manage cryptocurrencies.

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

A digital currency wallet and platform where consumers and merchants can transact with bitcoin as easily as using a normal bank app. We hide the hard parts (keys, security, exchange) behind a simple, trusted product so that buying and holding crypto is approachable for everyone, not just engineers.

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

San Francisco, USA / San Francisco, USA.

Explain your decision regarding location.

The Bay Area has the payments, security, and fintech talent we need, plus the early crypto community that will be our first users.

21 risposte in più nell'application completa

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Domande Frequenti

Questa è l'application YC reale di Coinbase?

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 Coinbase (note di lancio, background dei founder, descrizione del prodotto). Mostra come un'azienda come Coinbase si presenterebbe a YC, non il testo che hanno inviato.