TextPayMe YC Başvurusu

Summer 2005Acquired

TextPayMe, Fintech şirketi olarak Summer 2005 grubunda Y Combinator'dan geçti. Aşağıda: şirketin ne yaptığı, kimin kurduğu ve gerçek YC formunda yeniden yapılandırılmış YC başvurusu.

YC grubu: Summer 2005
Sektör: FintechConsumer Finance
Ekip büyüklüğü: 11
Durum: Acquired
Lansmanı Yapıldı: 2012

Kurucular

Phil YuenFounder/CEO

TextPayMe ne yapar

Founded in 2005, TextPayMe is an SMS payment service that lets you send money to other people using cell phone text messaging. TextPayMe lets you send money to anyone else in the US with an SMS-capable cell phone, and while phone carriers may charge for the actual text message sent/received, sending and receiving money is free while TextPayMe remains in Beta. In July 2006, the TextPayMe team started working for Amazon and, as of 2011, the site redirects to an Amazon's mobile payment website. There was no press release related to this event but it's assumed the company was acquired. Sending and receiving payments through TextPayMe is easy: simply write a text message to with "pay amount phonenumber" in the body (i.e. to send $5 to, text "pay "). The service is secure as well, as each payment needs to be confirmed by a user-created PIN. To fund your transactions, TextPayMe lets you add money directly from your bank account and now also lets you link your credit card as well. Currently, the maximum amount that can be sent or received per month is $500.

TextPayMe'in YC başvurusu, yeniden yapılandırılmış

Y Combinator başvurusu

TextPayMe, Summer 2005 dönemi. Gerçek form soruları, herkese açık verilerden yanıtlandı.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

TextPayMe

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Send money using text messages via SMS

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

We built an SMS payment service that lets anyone with an SMS-capable phone in the US send and receive money simply by texting commands like "pay " to. Users fund transactions via linked bank accounts or credit cards. Every payment requires a PIN for security. The service is free while in beta and limits monthly transactions to $500.

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

We live and work in Redmond, WA, and plan to base the company here after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based in Redmond because we are local and close to financial and mobile infrastructure partners. Staying here lets us move quickly and coordinate easily as a small team.

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, TextPayMe şirketinin gerçek YC başvurusu mu?

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