Application YC di MarketForce

Summer 2020Active

MarketForce ha partecipato a Y Combinator nel batch Summer 2020 come azienda B2B. 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 2020
Settore: B2BRetail
Dimensione team: 400
Stato: Active
Lanciata: 2020

Founder

Mesongo SibutiFounder
Tesh MbaabuFounder

Cosa fa MarketForce

MarketForce empowers neighbourhood merchants in Africa to source, order and pay for inventory digitally and conveniently, access a banking wallet with credit facilities, collect digital payments and earn extra income by offering agency baking services and reselling digital financial services such as airtime, electricity tokens and bill payments in their communities. Incorporated in 2019, MarketForce is a fast-growing company running an asset-light business model and is currently operational in 5 markets in Sub-Saharan Africa, with over 200,000 merchants and 180 consumer brands trading on the platform.

Application YC di MarketForce, ricostruita

Domanda per Y Combinator

MarketForce, batch Summer 2020. Le vere domande del form, risposte da dati pubblici.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

MarketForce

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

The SuperApp for neighbourhood merchants in Africa.

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

We built a platform that lets small merchants in Africa order inventory from suppliers, pay digitally, and access a wallet with credit facilities. They can also collect digital payments and resell financial services like airtime and bill payments in their communities.

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

We live in Nairobi, Kenya and the company will be based here after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Nairobi is the hub for our users - neighbourhood merchants - and where we have built our local team and market presence. Staying here keeps us close to the problem and customers.

21 risposte in più nell'application completa

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference sono nella versione completa. Crea un account gratuito per aprirla in YC Insights, accanto a ogni altro batch YC.

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Domande Frequenti

Questa è l'application YC reale di MarketForce?

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

A quale batch YC apparteneva MarketForce?

MarketForce apparteneva al batch Summer 2020 di Y Combinator.

Chi ha fondato MarketForce?

MarketForce è stato fondato da Mesongo Sibuti, Tesh Mbaabu.

Cosa fa MarketForce?

The SuperApp for neighbourhood merchants in Africa.

Come leggo la ricostruzione completa della application?

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