Application YC di Upgraded

Summer 2016Active

Upgraded ha partecipato a Y Combinator nel batch Summer 2016 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 2016
Settore: ConsumerConsumer Electronics
Dimensione team: 13
Stato: Active
Lanciata: 2016

Founder

Hendrik RoosnaFounder
JR RahnFounder

Cosa fa 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.

Application YC di Upgraded, ricostruita

Domanda per Y Combinator

Upgraded, batch Summer 2016. Le vere domande del form, risposte da dati pubblici.

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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Domande Frequenti

Questa è l'application YC reale di Upgraded?

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