Yumbin YC Başvurusu

Winter 2014Inactive

Yumbin, B2B şirketi olarak Winter 2014 grubunda Y Combinator'dan geçti. Aşağıda: şirketin ne yaptığı, kimin kurduğu ve gerçek YC formunda yeniden yapılandırılmış YC başvurusu.

YC grubu: Winter 2014
Sektör: B2BOffice Management
Durum: Inactive
Lansmanı Yapıldı: 2013

Kurucular

Kevin TomFounder

Yumbin ne yapar

Yumbins are mobile POS-powered self-checkout markets that offer a curated mix of the highest quality and healthiest snacks, beverages and essentials to office employees. Think of us as the Square for self-checkout meets on-site mini-Whole Foods. Vending is a stagnant $43 billion industry that has suffered from expensive proprietary hardware, onerous payment acceptance and limited (often wildly unhealthy) selection. We replace this hardware with lightweight software that enables customized product selection and seamless checkout. Offices no longer need to sully their breakrooms with unsightly machines selling stale snacks; rather, they can enjoy the clean and minimal retail look of our Yumbins chock full of delicious products. Initially, we are targeting workplaces where employees pay for snacks, which are the large majority of corporate offices and manufacturing facilities. 1.2M of these sites fall into our target market, of which roughly 50% have vending machines today.

Yumbin'in YC başvurusu, yeniden yapılandırılmış

Y Combinator başvurusu

Yumbin, Winter 2014 dönemi. Gerçek form soruları, herkese açık verilerden yanıtlandı.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Yumbin

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

App replaces office vending

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

We built a mobile POS-powered self-checkout market called Yumbin that replaces traditional vending machines in offices. Instead of old hardware, users pick snacks and essentials from stylish, mini-market setups and check out with their phones. This lets companies ditch clunky vending machines and offer better, healthier snacks with no payment hassle.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco puts us close to tech talent, office customers, and payment technology partners. It's where we work and where our target customers operate.

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, Yumbin şirketinin gerçek YC başvurusu mu?

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