Inscrição YC de Vest

Winter 2015Acquired

Vest passou pela Y Combinator no batch Winter 2015 como uma empresa Fintech. 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: Winter 2015
Indústria: FintechAsset Management
Tamanho da equipe: 50
Status: Acquired
Lançada: 2014

Fundadores

Karan SoodFounder/CEO
Jeff ChangPresident & Co-Founder

O que Vest faz

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

Inscrição YC de Vest, reconstruída

Inscrição Y Combinator

Vest, lote Winter 2015. As verdadeiras perguntas do formulário, respondidas com dados públicos.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
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.

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Perguntas Frequentes

Esta é a inscrição real da YC de Vest?

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 Vest (notas de lançamento, históricos de fundadores, descrição do produto). Mostra como uma empresa como Vest se apresentaria à YC, não o texto que eles submeteram.

Em qual batch da YC Vest esteve?

Vest fez parte do batch Winter 2015 da Y Combinator.

Quem fundou o Vest?

O Vest foi fundado por Karan Sood, Jeff Chang.

O que o Vest faz?

Bringing wider access to financial derivatives.

Como eu leio o application completo reconstruído?

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