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Together.", "tagline": "Everything you need to organize the product development process", "body": "_**TL;DR:** Kitemaker is a tool that allows you to keep specifications, user feedback, roadmaps, and tasks in one place, providing a better workflow than any collection of product management, documentation, and issue-tracking tools. Is it fast? Yes. Is it simple and easy to use? Absolutely. In addition, it works very well to facilitate collaboration between engineering, design, and product management._\n\nHey!\n\nWe're Kevin and Sigurd, the co-founders of [Kitemaker](https://kitemaker.co/). We built Kitemaker because we felt that the tools we used for project management, collecting feedback, and writing specifications were disconnected. This resulted in engineers, designers, and product managers working in separate silos, making it harder to focus on what truly matters: building things that users want.\n\n# **The problem**\n\nMost YC companies have taken the wisdom of [Michael Seibels' \"Product Development Cycles\"](https://www.ycombinator.com/library/4e-guide-to-product-development) to heart. To reach product-market fit, we need to talk to customers, figure out what they want, build, launch, and then iterate. There are plenty of good tools to collect user feedback, write specification documents, and track tasks/issues.\n\nHowever, it's all disjointed. It’s easy to drop the ball on user feedback, which isn’t connected to the tool where we’re writing specs, which again isn’t connected to our issue tracker. It's easy to become disorganized or spend too much time project managing when we should be spending as much time as possible talking to users and iterating on the product and the messaging.\n\n# **Our solution -** Kitemaker\n\nKitemaker allows you to keep specifications, tasks, roadmaps, and user feedback in one place. We have carefully designed it to provide a better workflow than any collection of product management, documentation, and issue-tracking tools.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=76035&key=user_uploads/394001/e6a52980-d8ce-450d-9e10-a956b9fe3884)\n\n# **How it works**\n\nThe basic unit in Kitemaker is the work item. It has a document where you can write your specifications and break them into tasks, as well as an activity feed for discussions and to see what is happening across the development tools. We encourage you not to split work items into many small pieces but rather use to-dos to keep track of the tasks. This way, you will be able to focus on what you plan to deliver to your users, rather than individual tasks. Additionally, you will have all the to-dos in the same place as your discussions and specifications, meaning there will be one place to see everything relevant to a new feature or a bug fix.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=76035&key=user_uploads/394001/b736cb07-b7ca-4c58-adee-c43de4ae3fde)\n\nWhen you receive user feedback, we have a section where you can organize all of it. You can either write the feedback directly in Kitemaker, or you can use our Intercom or Zapier integrations (with more integrations to come). You can select any part of the feedback, capture it as an insight, and link it directly to work items. Since the insights and feedback will be directly linked to the work items, you and your team will know exactly what was said and by whom on the work item screen.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=76035&key=user_uploads/394001/227b02d1-81c1-44a7-8ba1-7696c42f9183)\n\nThere are many more features and integrations for you to explore, so if you are curious, feel free to check out our [website](https://kitemaker.co/).\n\n# What our users love about Kitemaker\n\n* It's fast, easy to use, and simple to get started with.\n* Work items let you have specs, tasks, and discussions in the same place, making it easy for engineering, design, and product management to collaborate in the same tool.\n* Having user feedback directly connected to the stuff you are working on is incredibly powerful, and the Intercom integration directly syncs conversations into Kitemaker.\n* Our to-dos have everything engineers expect for issues, like git automation, referencing, and metadata, so the hierarchy fits perfectly for teams that focus on shipping awesome stuff to users.\n\n# Asks\n\nWe love all kinds of feedback, so if you are curious about Kitemaker, head over to [https://www.kitemaker.co](https://kitemaker.co/) and give us some feedback when you have tried it.\n\nYou can also join our [community here](https://join.slack.com/t/kitemakerco/shared_invite/zt-e7zjicw1-zbBpvLSRfOFKh3DutUAJ0A), where you can discuss Kitemaker or all things product development.\n\nWe’re also super interested in chatting with people about their product development process. Both to learn how you approach it or just give you some insights into what we have seen talking to many 100s of teams.", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/JmN-kitemaker-build-better-software-together", "votes": 68, "created_at": "2023-11-07T16:16:30.689Z" } ] }, { "id": 23972, "name": "Flow Club", "slug": "flow-club", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/5620a9215a3f271c3cb3cf151167f8624588baf4.png", "website": "https://www.flow.club/", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "https://www.flow.club/ is a virtual co-working space where people work in high-intensity sprints designed to double their productivity. \r\n\r\nWe envision a world where...\r\n- anyone can access deep, focused flow anytime, anywhere\r\n- working independently or remotely doesn’t have to feel like you're on your own\r\n\r\nOur mission is to build the software that powers the most inspiring and productive work environment for knowledge workers.\r\n\r\nOur members love Flow Club (https://www.flow.club/wall-of-love). 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(product is Whalesync)" ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/859ce6355b2e4ff52655c420f97fbe51b3849528.png", "website": "https://www.whalesync.com", "all_locations": "St. Petersburg, FL, USA; Remote", "long_description": "Whalesync makes data syncing easy. Our automation platform syncs data between key business tools like Webflow/Wix/WordPress and Airtable/Notion/Google Sheets. We give marketing teams two-way, real-time sync, so they can manage their website from their favorite collaboration tools.\r\n\r\nWhalesync launched during Y Combinator’s S21 cohort. Since then we’ve raised from some of the world’s top investors. We’re now trusted by hundreds of companies like [Ramp](https://ramp.com/), [Webflow](https://webflow.com/), and [Alchemy](https://www.alchemy.com/), and process millions of transactions every day. Many of our customers enjoy the product so much they [tell all their friends](https://whalesync.com/customers).", "one_liner": "Manage your website from your favorite tools like Airtable and Notion", "team_size": 8, "industry": "B2B", "subindustry": "B2B -> Marketing", "launched_at": 1626201713, "tags": [ "SaaS", "Remote Work", "No-code", "Data Engineering", "Web Development" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Summer 2021", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "B2B", "Marketing" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada", "Remote", "Fully Remote" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": null, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/whalesync", "api": "https://devasheeshg.github.io/yc-api/batches/summer-2021/whalesync.json", "year_founded": 2021, "city": "St. Petersburg", "country": "US", "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/whalesync", "x_url": "https://twitter.com/WhalesyncData", "fb_url": null, "cb_url": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/whaleform", "github_url": "https://github.com/whalesync", "logo_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/859ce6355b2e4ff52655c420f97fbe51b3849528.png", "app_video_url": null, "dday_video_url": null, "company_photos": [], "primary_partner": { "name": "Aaron Epstein", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/people/aaron-epstein" }, "founders": [ { "user_id": 614866, "full_name": "Curtis Fonger", "title": "Founder", "founder_bio": "Cofounder of Whalesync (S21)", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/cfonger/", "x_url": "https://twitter.com/CurtisFonger", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/09e7af5c143a1c626f28a9d3dd7887f69e2c831d.jpg" } ], "jobs": [], "news": [ { "title": "Whalesync wants to simplify the process of syncing data between SaaS apps • TechCrunch", "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/26/whalesync-wants-to-simplify-the-process-of-syncing-data-between-saas-apps/", "date": "Jan 26, 2023" } ], "launches": [ { "id": 85696, "title": "Whalesync: Give your spreadsheet edit access to data in apps", "tagline": "Do things you shouldn’t with spreadsheets.", "body": "Hi everyone! We’re Matthew and Curtis, founders of [Whalesync](https://www.whalesync.com).\n\n**Whalesync gives your spreadsheet edit access to data in apps like HubSpot, Webflow, and Supabase.** This way, you can bulk edit, collaborate, or build AI workflows directly from Airtable, Notion, or Google Sheets. It's a little scary... but also super powerful ;)\n\nHere’s a Notion database updating deals directly in HubSpot:\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=85696&key=user_uploads/689259/02e173cf-86dd-4420-ac98-9197be6bbcd8)\n\n### **Why spreadsheets?**\n\nSpreadsheets like Google Sheets, Airtable, and Notion are super flexible, require practically no learning curve, and let you view and update records in bulk.\n\nWhen you connect these tools with your business apps (like your CRM, CMS, or database), you basically get spreadsheet superpowers ✨.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=85696&key=user_uploads/689259/a269b120-351c-41f1-ae49-576fd317a397)\n\n### **Common use cases**\n\nHundreds of companies, including Webflow, Descript, and Clay, use Whalesync to work faster by:\n\n* **Enriching CRM leads with AI** from a spreadsheet (HubSpot + Notion)\n* Creating **thousands of programmatic SEO pages** from a spreadsheet (Webflow + Airtable)\n* **Creating internal tools** without any engineers (Supabase + Airtable)\n* **Updating deal statuses** from a spreadsheet (Affinity + Google Sheets)\n* Giving clients an **easy way to update projects** (Notion + Google Sheets)\n\n### **How it works**\n\n1. Connect your app and your spreadsheet.\n2. Map the tables and fields you want to sync.\n3. Turn it on, and your data syncs into your spreadsheet. Then you can start editing/creating.\n\n### **Try it out**\n\nWe have a two-week free trial on all of our plans if you want to try Whalesync yourself!\n\nAnd always feel free to shoot us a note if you have questions at 👋 [hello@whalesync.com](mailto:hello@whalesync.com).\n\n**🚀 Try it out here** ——> [**https://www.whalesync.com**](https://www.whalesync.com)\n\n", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/MIC-whalesync-give-your-spreadsheet-edit-access-to-data-in-apps", "votes": 9, "created_at": "2024-11-19T17:55:29.794Z" }, { "id": 68930, "title": "Whalesync - 2-way sync your no-code tools", "tagline": "Whalesync lets you create an instant, 2-way sync between Airtable, Webflow, Notion, Postgres, & Bubble", "body": "**tl;dr** We make it easy to 2-way sync data across tools like Airtable, Webflow, Notion, Postgres, & Bubble. This unlocks powerful use cases like programmatic SEO, no-code apps, ABM pages, and internal tools. You can check out our [free trial here](https://www.whalesync.com/airtable-webflow/choose-connectors)!\n\nHey everyone! We’re Ryder, Matthew, Curtis, Manish, Veneta, and Sean aka the team behind [Whalesync](http://whalesync.com/).\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=68930&key=user_uploads/689259/bc6a3ca8-c31c-4a1b-841c-7c5afd6dc221)\n\n### **The problem: connecting tools is hard**\n\nConnecting apps like Airtable & Webflow enables amazing use cases, but is actually really hard to do without code!\n\nWe started Whalesync because we repeatedly saw people spending weeks architecting multi-step automations only to find them brittle and unreliable.\n\nWhile we love automation tools, they’re really not built to handle true data syncing where you connect deeply and bi-directionally.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=68930&key=user_uploads/689259/f59ab897-31e7-4717-8c1d-5353077f4f28)\n\n### **The solution: simple, no-code data sync**\n\nWhalesync is the no-code tool built to handle data syncing. In a few minutes, you can hook up your apps and have them 2-way syncing in real-time.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=68930&key=user_uploads/689259/05a48b3c-e3a4-49cc-870c-9b8564835d98)\n\n### **Use cases: pSEO, internal tools, + much more**\n\nWhalesync works by connecting different tools, so there are a TON of different things you can do. A few of the more popular use cases:\n\n* 🔎 Launch thousands of **programmatic SEO pages** (Airtable x Webflow)\n* ⚒️ Build an **internal tool** on top of your production database (Postgres x Notion)\n* 💻 Create a scalable **no-code app** (Bubble x Airtable)\n* 🧑 Personalize hundreds of tier-1 **ABM landing pages** (Airtable x Webflow)\n* 📝 Manage your **blog** (Notion x Webflow)\n\n### **How it works**\n\n1. Pick the tools you want to sync\n2. Tell Whalesync how the data maps\n3. 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We’ll be building a bunch more this year.\n* If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to my personal email 😄 [matthew@whalesync.com](mailto:matthew@whalesync.com)", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/Hvm-whalesync-2-way-sync-your-no-code-tools", "votes": 19, "created_at": "2023-02-01T16:56:55.235Z" } ] }, { "id": 24779, "name": "Mindmesh", "slug": "mindmesh", "former_names": [ "Spot" ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/b9754cb23724b1a2dcadee8505ce1ea31d172db5.png", "website": "https://mindmesh.com", "all_locations": "Boston, MA, USA", "long_description": "Mindmesh is the virtual desk that puts you in control. \r\nCentralize work, notes, todos, and meetings. Jump back in an instant. Focus on what you should be doing, right now.", "one_liner": "Mindmesh is the virtual desk that puts you in control. 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He met his co-founders Philip and Declan at the University of Waterloo, where Hyperbeam started off as their engineering capstone project Tutturu.tv, a watch party site with 150K monthly active users. He has interned as a Software Engineer at startups and big tech companies alike, such as Globality and Facebook.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/Ambyjkl", "x_url": "", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/9895a71e00168ce7f010d13877ef0a1a558e3f92.jpg" } ], "jobs": [], "news": [], "launches": [ { "id": 65609, "title": "👾 Hyperbeam - Embed third-party apps, games, and websites anywhere", "tagline": "We make third-party embeds easy​​. Multiplayer supported out-of-the-box.", "body": "### **TL;DR: Hyperbeam lets you embed any third-party website or application, synchronize audio and video flawlessly among multiple participants, and add multi-user control with just a few lines of code.**\n\nHey YC [👋](https://emojipedia.org/waving-hand/#:\\~:text=A%20hand%20waving%20most%20commonly,to%20Emoji%201.0%20in%202015.)\n\nWe’re Philip, Amby, and Declan, and we’re building [Hyperbeam](https://hyperbeam.com/?ch=yc&cm=lyc1) 👾\n\n### [🤔](https://emojipedia.org/thinking-face/) **The Problem**\n\nEmbedding third-party apps and websites can often be a nightmare due to incompatible platforms, security issues, and poor UX. Adding multiplayer functionality to these embeds makes this problem exponentially more difficult. This is an issue that countless remote learning, productivity, online social, and metaverse platforms face when building their products.\n\n### [💡](https://emojipedia.org/light-bulb/) **Our Solution**\n\nEnter Hyperbeam—an API that lets you embed virtual computers anywhere, including web, mobile, VR, and even VSCode. You can then open any third-party website or application, synchronize audio and video flawlessly among multiple participants, and add multi-user control with just a few lines of code.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=65609&key=user_uploads/858376/f7507431-2db0-45e9-bcf7-5bbde27ebb1a)\n\n### [⚙️](https://emojipedia.org/gear/) **How it Works**\n\n1. [Sign up](https://hyperbeam.com/?ch=yc&cm=lyc1) on the Hyperbeam Dashboard\n2. Generate an API key and integrate the Hyperbeam API\n3. Customize the UX to your use case (e.g. control permissions, FPS, permitted websites, WebGL)\n4. Launch and track your user engagement!\n\nOn the backend, we’re spinning up a VM and running a resource-optimized fork of Chromium which we then stream to participants via WebRTC. Since we’re hosting the servers running the applications, multiple users can connect and control the virtual computer seamlessly, and their client just needs to handle a video stream.\n\n### **🙏 Asks**\n\nIf you or someone you know is building a…\n\n* [🎓](https://emojipedia.org/graduation-cap/) Remote learning platform\n* [🏢](https://emojipedia.org/office-building/) Virtual office\n* [💻](https://emojipedia.org/laptop/) Remote productivity tool\n* 👾 Metaverse\n* [🏟️](https://emojipedia.org/stadium/) Virtual conferencing app\n* [🥽](https://emojipedia.org/goggles/) VR app\n\n…we’d love to talk!\n\n**Join us on** [**Discord**](https://discord.gg/D78RsGfQjq)**,** [**book a meeting**](https://meetings.hubspot.com/hyperbeam/founders) **with the founders, or** [**sign up**](https://hyperbeam.com?ch=yc&cm=lyc1) **for a free API key. 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Reach out to us at [founders@linkgrep.com](mailto:founders@linkgrep.com) or book some time with us using \n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=70677&key=user_uploads/6421/abb769f8-6421-42d5-bbac-beda81559866)\n\n👋🏽 Hi YC, we are [Divyagnan](https://www.linkedin.com/in/divyagnan/) and [TJ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tjkandala/) and we are excited to share LinkGrep — an AI browser copilot for teams!\n\n# **What does LinkGrep do?**\n\n### **🔗 Automatically keeps track of all of your teams links**\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=70677&key=user_uploads/6421/29f93fd5-7b6a-4a72-b26f-028ca3a1b595)\n\nLinkGrep automatically keeps track of all of your links and ranks them by viewership across your team. This allows you to easily stay on top of every important document. LinkGrep also provides a command palette that is available on every site to help you navigate the browser more quickly.\n\n### **✨ Suggests information from your knowledge bases while you browse**\n\n\n\nLinkGrep can automatically connect the dots for you and will display related information from your browser history + team knowledge bases (like Slack & Notion) while you browse. LinkGrep also offers traditional semantic search if you ever want to manually search for things too.\n\n### **🤖 Opens up the right links before your meetings**\n\n\n\nLinkGrep can figure out what links and tabs you need before your meeting and automatically opens them up for you. Everyone on your team will be on the same page when a meeting starts.\n\n### **👥 Makes collaboration easier through contextual notes on webpages**\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=70677&key=user_uploads/6421/e2ad9827-f5fe-432e-990c-38914347924f)\n\nCollaborate directly from webpages. Leave notes, tag teammates, and more. You will no longer need to context switch to other apps or copy paste links to collaborate.\n\n# **Our Ask:**\n\nWant to use LinkGrep for your team? Know a team that would benefit from LinkGrep? Want to invest?\n\nDrop us a line at [founders@linkgrep.com](mailto:founders@linkgrep.com) or schedule a call with us using ", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/INx-linkgrep-ai-browser-copilot-for-teams", "votes": 65, "created_at": "2023-03-31T17:28:34.684Z" } ] }, { "id": 29414, "name": "Cleva", "slug": "cleva", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/bb405a26d1a603373572e220fb38dadd2c97c421.png", "website": "https://www.getcleva.com", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote", "long_description": "Cleva breaks down financial borders across the globe by enabling remote workers, individuals, and businesses to hold stablecoin-backed dollars. Specifically, we enable our customers:\r\n\r\n1. Receive USD, GBP, EUR payments: Individuals and businesses can receive USD, GBP, and EUR payments into their virtual account.\r\n2. Receive and send stablecoins: They can also receive USDT or USDC, and make global payments via USDT and USDC.\r\n3. Hold funds in USD: They can choose to hold their funds in USD instead of converting to local currency. In high inflation countries, this is extremely desirable as it helps our customers hedge against inflation until they're ready to spend in local currency.\r\n4. Stablecoin-backed cards: We issue cards that are stablecoin-backed and accepted by 150M+ merchants across the globe. Users can fund in stablecoins or fiat, spend anywhere VISA is accepted, and earn cashback in the form of Cleva Points.\r\n5. Savings: We recently launched Cleva Pots, allowing users to save towards their goals and earn yield on their savings.\r\n\r\nIt's still very early days at Cleva. We've been hyper-focused on our home country Nigeria but we're now expanding to more countries across the globe.", "one_liner": "Global neobank for emerging markets", "team_size": 30, "industry": "Fintech", "subindustry": "Fintech", "launched_at": 1704535583, "tags": [ "Fintech", "Crypto / Web3", "Remote Work", "Emerging Markets", "Neobank" ], "tags_highlighted": [ "Crypto / Web3" ], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Winter 2024", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Fintech" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada", "Remote", "Fully Remote" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": null, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cleva", "api": "https://devasheeshg.github.io/yc-api/batches/winter-2024/cleva.json", "year_founded": 2023, "city": "San Francisco", "country": "US", "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/cleva-banking/", "x_url": "https://twitter.com/clevabanking", "fb_url": "https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551351002083", "cb_url": null, "github_url": null, "logo_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/bb405a26d1a603373572e220fb38dadd2c97c421.png", "app_video_url": null, "dday_video_url": null, "company_photos": [], "primary_partner": { "name": "Tom Blomfield", "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/people/tom-blomfield" }, "founders": [ { "user_id": 1322737, "full_name": "Tolu Alabi", "title": "Founder/CEO", "founder_bio": "Tolu brings relevant experience from her time as a Lead Product Manager building Issuing and Banking products at Stripe. Prior to Stripe, she was a Senior PM at Amazon working on multiple products from Logistics to Augmented Reality. In addition, she has an MBA from Stanford GSB and a B.A in Computer Science and Mathematics from Grinnell College.\n\nOutside of work, she loves to play multiple sports (for now tennis and basketball). She's also a huge Lebron fan.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://linkedin.com/in/tolu-alabi-08697525", "x_url": "https://twitter.com/tolu_tols1", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/c7a4f53803eeebb6ab7526e48e61875be7db7554.jpg" }, { "user_id": 1564262, "full_name": "Philip Abel", "title": "Founder/CTO", "founder_bio": "Philip has spent years building large-scale, multi-region infrastructure and services at industry leaders including AWS, Twilio, and Akamai Technologies. Originally from Nigeria, his journey took him from Kano to MIT and Georgia Tech, where he studied computer science. His story is one of resilience, curiosity, and a deep commitment to using technology to make a positive impact on the world.\n\nOutside of work, Philip is a lifelong FC Barcelona supporter and a devoted Lionel Messi fan.", "is_active": true, "linkedin_url": "https://linkedin.com/in/abelphilip", "x_url": "", "avatar_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/avatars/fad65ffe0893f9e38cffc65c2ac8ff49df870eed.jpg" } ], "jobs": [], "news": [ { "title": "Empowering change through fintech collaboration | Mastercard Newsroom", "url": "https://www.mastercard.com/news/perspectives/featured-topics/fintech/empowering-change-through-fintech-collaboration/", "date": "May 30, 2024" }, { "title": "Cross-border fintech stands out in Y Combinator’s Winter 2024 cohort | TechCrunch", "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/05/cross-border-fintech-y-combinator-demo-day/", "date": "Apr 05, 2024" }, { "title": "YC-backed African fintech Cleva, founded by Stripe and AWS alums, raises $1.5M pre-seed | TechCrunch", "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/08/yc-backed-african-fintech-cleva-founded-by-stripe-and-aws-alums-raises-1-5m-pre-seed/", "date": "Jan 08, 2024" } ], "launches": [ { "id": 79028, "title": "Cleva: USD banking platform for Africa", "tagline": "Helping businesses earn, save and invest in USD!", "body": "Greetings, YC community! We are Tolu and Philip, the co-founders of [Cleva](https://www.getcleva.com/).\n\n**tl;dr:** _Cleva makes it easy for freelancers and businesses in emerging markets to get paid for their services and manage their money in USD. We do this by providing USD accounts to receive international payments at very low costs, a debit card to spend, the ability to convert currencies, and the ability to save and earn interest over time. We launched in August 2023 and now process over 4 million dollars monthly for customers while doubling revenue month-over-month._\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=79028&key=user_uploads/1564262/c0929233-d351-4cc5-a419-586ae957dec3)\n\n**The Problem**\n\nDespite the growing number of young remote African workers and businesses serving global partners, international payments and investments in USD are still a complex puzzle for many talented Africans and businesses. This intricate challenge can stifle economic growth and opportunities. We firmly believe that Africans should have an effortless way to receive international payments and manage their finances without paying excessive fees or dealing with local currency fluctuations. This problem is not only relevant; it's a catalyst for empowerment. \n\n**Cleva's Solution**\n\nWe are building an all-in-one platform to enable payments, spending via debit cards, and investments. Our flagship product, launched in August 2023, simplifies payments for remote workers and freelancers in Nigeria. It enables them to establish a Cleva US-based account, effortlessly receive salaries and customer payments, and seamlessly manage their finances, including currency conversion, with remarkable ease. Over the coming months, we will build tools for investments.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=79028&key=user_uploads/1564262/d34476fb-66ea-425a-b4fb-d3b604fcae1c)\n\n**How We Started**\n\n[Tolu](https://linkedin.com/in/tolu-alabi-08697525) and [Philip](https://linkedin.com/in/abelphilip) have known each other for over 10 years and understand how expensive cross-border transactions are from personal experiences. We also understand how hyperinflation and devaluation of African currencies have diminished the spending power of friends and family. We take this problem personally and want to tackle it head-on to enable prosperity for Africans and others across emerging economies. We believe simplifying how people earn and invest in USD will empower businesses and remote workers across emerging economies.\n\n**Our Ask**\n\n1. Check out [Cleva](https://www.getcleva.com/), sign up for your USD Banking needs, or refer people in the countries we serve today.\n2. Share this post! Please help get the word out. We want more people to know about Cleva and how we add value.\n 1. iOS AppLink: \n 2. Android: Link coming soon. (it’s pending play store approval)\n3. Connect us with USD Banking Providers and Remote Work Companies at [contact@getcleva.com](mailto:contact@getcleva.com).\n\n**The Team**\n\nTolu Alabi: Handles all things business, product, and more. Tolu has 10+ years of experience building customer-centric products at Stripe and Amazon. She also has an MBA from Stanford GSB and is an enthusiastic basketball and Lebron James fan!\n\nPhilip: Handles all things tech and more. Philip has significant experience as a software engineer and has worked at AWS, Twilio, and Akamai Technologies. He is passionate about using technology for good. 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