Alpaca YC Başvurusu

Winter 2019Active

Alpaca, Fintech şirketi olarak Winter 2019 grubunda Y Combinator'dan geçti. Aşağıda: şirketin ne yaptığı, kimin kurduğu ve gerçek YC formunda yeniden yapılandırılmış YC başvurusu.

YC grubu: Winter 2019
Sektör: FintechBanking and Exchange
Ekip büyüklüğü: 150
Durum: Active
Lansmanı Yapıldı: 2018

Kurucular

Yoshi YokokawaCo-founder & CEO
Hitoshi HaradaFounder/CTO

Alpaca ne yapar

Alpaca is an API infrastructure and licensed financial services company that allows developers and businesses to offer stock and crypto investing to their end-customers. We work with more than 100 companies across the globe to enable their investing products, and our mission is to provide financial services to everyone on the planet. Alpaca’s globally distributed team consists of developers, traders, and brokerage business specialists and backed by a group of well-capitalized investors including Portage Ventures, Spark Capital, Tribe Capital, Unbound, Social Leverage, Horizons Ventures, Y Combinator as well as highly experienced industry angel investors and founders. We are also very tech-enthusiastic with notable track records in open-source and startup communities.

Alpaca'in YC başvurusu, yeniden yapılandırılmış

Y Combinator başvurusu

Alpaca, Winter 2019 dönemi. Gerçek form soruları, herkese açık verilerden yanıtlandı.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Alpaca

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

API-first stock and crypto brokerage platform

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

We provide a licensed brokerage platform focused on APIs that let developers and businesses integrate stock and crypto investing directly into their own apps. Our product handles the trading, compliance, and clearing behind the scenes so users can build investing features without building their own brokerage.

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

We live in San Mateo, CA, and have a distributed remote team. After YC, the company would remain based in San Mateo while continuing remote operations.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Mateo places us close to major talent pools and financial tech hubs, which suits our needs. Remote work lets us access specialists globally, crucial for building complex brokerage infrastructure.

Tam başvuruda 21 ek cevap

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference tam sürümde. YC Insights'ta, diğer her YC grubu yanında açmak için ücretsiz bir hesap oluşturun.

Tüm başvuruyu gör

Sıkça Sorulan Sorular

Bu, Alpaca şirketinin gerçek YC başvurusu mu?

Hayır. Y Combinator gönderilen başvuruları gizli tutar. Bu bir yeniden yapılandırmadır: gerçek YC form soruları, Alpaca'in kamuya açık verilerinden (lansman notları, kurucu geçmişleri, ürün açıklaması) yanıtlanmıştır. Alpaca gibi bir şirketin YC'ye kendisini nasıl sunacağını gösterir, gönderdikleri metni değil.