Inscrição YC de Upgraded

Summer 2016Active

Upgraded passou pela Y Combinator no batch Summer 2016 como uma empresa Consumer. Abaixo: o que a empresa faz, quem a fundou e sua inscrição para a YC, reconstruída pergunta por pergunta no formulário real da YC.

Batch YC: Summer 2016
Indústria: ConsumerConsumer Electronics
Tamanho da equipe: 13
Status: Active
Lançada: 2016

Fundadores

Hendrik RoosnaFounder
JR RahnFounder

O que Upgraded faz

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.

Inscrição YC de Upgraded, reconstruída

Inscrição Y Combinator

Upgraded, lote Summer 2016. As verdadeiras perguntas do formulário, respondidas com dados públicos.

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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Perguntas Frequentes

Esta é a inscrição real da YC de Upgraded?

Não. A Y Combinator mantém as inscrições submetidas em privado. Esta é uma reconstrução: as perguntas reais do formulário da YC, respondidas a partir dos dados públicos de Upgraded (notas de lançamento, históricos de fundadores, descrição do produto). Mostra como uma empresa como Upgraded se apresentaria à YC, não o texto que eles submeteram.

Em qual batch da YC Upgraded esteve?

Upgraded fez parte do batch Summer 2016 da Y Combinator.

Quem fundou o Upgraded?

O Upgraded foi fundado por Hendrik Roosna, JR Rahn.

O que o Upgraded faz?

Upgraded helps retailers and carriers sell devices on subscription.

Como eu leio o application completo reconstruído?

Crie uma conta gratuita no Round Funded. A versão completa de 26 respostas do application do Upgraded, e de todos os outros lotes do YC, está no YC Insights.