Penny YC Başvurusu

Winter 2017Acquired

Penny, Fintech şirketi olarak Winter 2017 grubunda Y Combinator'dan geçti. Aşağıda: şirketin ne yaptığı, kimin kurduğu ve gerçek YC formunda yeniden yapılandırılmış YC başvurusu.

YC grubu: Winter 2017
Sektör: FintechConsumer Finance
Ekip büyüklüğü: 2
Durum: Acquired
Lansmanı Yapıldı: 2016

Kurucular

Mitch LeeFounder
Alex QuachFounder

Penny ne yapar

Penny is a personal finance app that helps you track your income and spending. Penny accesses your statement history - with your permission - and uses that information to help you manage your finances. Whenever you open the app, she’ll chat with you about your finances: letting you know how you’re doing this month, forecasting where you’ll be next month, giving you a heads up about upcoming bills, or even helping you cancel services you don’t use. Penny makes finances less intimidating and stressful. Many apps have lots of useful features, but they’re often hard to use and time-consuming. Penny automatically organizes your finances, explains them simply and clearly, and tells you what you need to know, when you need to know it.

Penny'in YC başvurusu, yeniden yapılandırılmış

Y Combinator başvurusu

Penny, Winter 2017 dönemi. Gerçek form soruları, herkese açık verilerden yanıtlandı.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Penny

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Penny simplifies personal finance tracking.

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

We made Penny, a personal finance app that accesses your bank statements with permission to track income and spending. Penny chats with users regularly about how they're doing financially, forecasts future trends, and warns about upcoming bills or unused subscriptions. It automatically organizes and explains finances in a way people find easier and less stressful than existing apps.

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

We both live in San Francisco and plan to base the company here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we live and the center of fintech innovation and startup talent, making it the natural place to build Penny.

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, Penny şirketinin gerçek YC başvurusu mu?

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