WorldCover YC 지원서

Winter 2016Inactive

WorldCover은(는) Winter 2016 배치에서 Fintech 회사로 Y Combinator를 거쳤습니다. 아래에는 회사의 사업 내용, 창립자, 그리고 실제 YC 양식에 맞춰 재구성한 YC 지원서가 있습니다.

YC 배치: Winter 2016
산업: FintechInsurance
팀 규모: 20
상태: Inactive
출시됨: 2015

창업자

Christopher SheehanFounder/CEO

WorldCover의 사업 내용

WorldCover offers peer-to-peer investments that provide insurance to the global poor. We connect a growing pool of investors who seek uncorrelated investment returns and impact from their capital with a huge and growing need for natural disaster insurance in the developing world. WorldCover's platform improves food and income security for smallholder farmers in developing countries. More than 70% of the 2.5 billion people living at the “base of the pyramid” throughout the world rely on agriculture for income and sustenance. Farmers face a number of major risks to their livelihoods which they cannot control. Insurance gives them a sense of security even if they have a bad harvest, allowing them to improve their diets, invest in their farms, and send their children to school. In an increasingly interconnected world, diversified markets are becoming harder and harder to find. WorldCover's investment products offer both retail and professional investors attractive yet uncorrelated returns with the world's financial markets.

WorldCover의 YC 지원서, 재구성됨

Y Combinator 지원

WorldCover, Winter 2016 기수. 공개 데이터를 기반으로 작성된 실제 지원 질문.

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Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

WorldCover

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Funding platform for global insurance

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

We built a platform that connects investors with insurance risk in developing countries, primarily focused on crop insurance. Our product lets investors provide capital that backs natural disaster insurance policies for smallholder farmers. This protects farmers from losing their livelihoods after bad harvests and delivers uncorrelated returns to investors seeking diversification away from traditional markets.

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

We live in New York City and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York is where we built our network of financial and impact investors and where the team is located. It also positions us close to key partners and investors interested in emerging market financial products.

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WorldCover의 실제 YC 지원서인가요?

아닙니다. Y Combinator는 제출된 지원서를 비공개로 유지합니다. 이것은 재구성된 것입니다. 실제 YC 양식 질문에 WorldCover의 공개 데이터(출시 노트, 창업자 배경, 제품 설명)를 기반으로 답변했습니다. WorldCover과 같은 회사가 YC에 어떻게 자신을 소개하는지 보여주며, 그들이 제출한 텍스트는 아닙니다.