Kickpay
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Kickpay was a San Francisco-based fintech in Y Combinator's Winter 2015 batch that built a platform to finance inventory for e-commerce companies. By leveraging clients' data, it unlocked financing that was previously unavailable, letting businesses pay for inventory only after it sold. It was founded by Andrew McCalister (CEO), Stefano Bernardi and Sean Watters, and secured seed funding from Slow Ventures and DCVC.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Founded
Kickpay was founded in San Francisco to fix supply chain finance for small and medium businesses, with Andrew McCalister as CEO.
- Y Combinator Winter 2015
The company joined Y Combinator's Winter 2015 batch, ran an invite-only beta financing over $1 million for companies, and secured seed funding from investors including Slow Ventures and DCVC.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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Overall assessment: Not completed
05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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