Application YC di Verto

Winter 2019Active

Verto ha partecipato a Y Combinator nel batch Winter 2019 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: Winter 2019
Settore: FintechPayments
Dimensione team: 170
Stato: Active
Lanciata: 2018

Founder

Anthony OduwoleFounder
Ola OyetayoFounder

Cosa fa Verto

Verto is a cross-border payment platform for businesses; our mission is to simplify cross-border payments in emerging markets, particularly Africa. We do this by providing businesses with superb infrastructure that they can use to convert, hold, receive and make payments across 49 currencies. By connecting Businesses, Liquidity providers, FX Brokers, and Payment Institutions, and banks through our marketplace, companies can choose their foreign exchange rates at the time that suits them, therefore, providing a constant liquidity flow cheaply.

Application YC di Verto, ricostruita

Domanda per Y Combinator

Verto, batch Winter 2019. Le vere domande del form, risposte da dati pubblici.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Verto

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Cross-Border Payments and FX Simplified

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

We built a cross-border payment platform for businesses that simplifies foreign exchange and payments across 49 currencies, focusing on emerging markets like Africa. Our product connects businesses, FX brokers, liquidity providers, and banks so companies can convert, receive, hold, and make payments when they want at competitive rates.

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

We live and are based in London, England, and the company will remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

London is a global fintech hub with access to top financial infrastructure, talent, and clients in emerging markets, especially Africa, where our focus is. This location helps us build key relationships and scale our cross-border payments product.

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Domande Frequenti

Questa è l'application YC reale di Verto?

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