Vest

Application YC di Vest

Winter 2015Acquired

Vest ha partecipato a Y Combinator nel batch Winter 2015 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 2015
Settore
FintechAsset Management
Dimensione team
50
Stato
Acquired
Lanciata
2014

Founder

  • Karan Sood
    Karan SoodFounder/CEO
  • Jeff Chang
    Jeff ChangPresident & Co-Founder

Cosa fa Vest

Vest, on a mission to bring wider access to financial derivatives and other institutional investment strategies, manages investment products worth $50+ billion (as of 9/30/25). Backed by private equity, the firm has a strategic partnership with Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE), and First Trust, a global asset manager. Vest created Target Outcome Investments in 2013, which target a defined return profile, with an allowance for a specific level of risk, at a particular point in time. Today, Target Outcome Investments are available as mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), unit investment trusts (UITs), collective investment trusts (CITs), and customizable managed accounts / sub-advisory services. The firm was launched and backed by preeminent venture firms such as Y-Combinator (Airbnb, Reddit, Dropbox), Payment Ventures (MicroVentures, CardFlight) and First Round Capital (Uber, Mint, Square). See more at

Application YC di Vest, ricostruita

Domanda per Y Combinator

Vest, batch Winter 2015. Le vere domande del form, risposte da dati pubblici.

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Vest

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Bringing wider access to financial derivatives.

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

We build investment products that give broader access to financial derivatives and institutional investment strategies through Target Outcome Investments. Our products target specific return profiles for a defined level of risk at a set time horizon. They are available as mutual funds, ETFs, UITs, CITs, and managed accounts.

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

We live in McLean, VA, and the company is based there, with a remote team spread out as well. We would maintain this base after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

McLean is where we started and built our initial products with our founding team. This location allows us to stay close to key financial markets and partners, while our remote model lets us tap talent across the country.

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.

Domande Frequenti

Questa è l'application YC reale di Vest?

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

A quale batch YC apparteneva Vest?

Vest apparteneva al batch Winter 2015 di Y Combinator.

Chi ha fondato Vest?

Vest è stato fondato da Karan Sood, Jeff Chang.

Cosa fa Vest?

Bringing wider access to financial derivatives.

Come leggo la ricostruzione completa della application?

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

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