Equator Therapeutics

Equator Therapeutics YC-Bewerbung

Winter 2020Active

Equator Therapeutics durchlief Y Combinator im Winter 2020-Batch als ein Healthcare-Unternehmen. Unten: Was das Unternehmen tut, wer es gegründet hat und seine Bewerbung bei YC, Frage für Frage im echten YC-Formular rekonstruiert.

YC-Batch
Winter 2020
Branche
HealthcareTherapeutics
Teamgröße
2
Status
Active
Gestartet
2020

Gründer

  • Liliya Khasin
    Liliya KhasinFounder
  • Yuriy Kirichok
    Yuriy KirichokFounder
  • Jonah Sinick
    Jonah SinickFounder

Was Equator Therapeutics tut

We are developing a drug to increase metabolism and burn calories without exercise. Obesity and type 2 diabetes have reached epidemic proportions. There are 2.2B overweight people and 500M people with type 2 diabetes worldwide, and these numbers increase drastically every year. Existing drugs are not effective enough to reverse the trend. Our drug can solve this problem, because it addresses the root cause of metabolic disorders - the imbalance between caloric intake and expenditure. Our drug will target mitochondria - the powerhouse of the cell - to generate heat. This approach has been proven to fully reverse obesity and type 2 diabetes in animals. However, therapeutic application for humans was impossible, because mitochondrial heat production could only be induced by highly artificial methods with side effects. This changed after our recent breakthrough discovery of the protein that mitochondria naturally use to generate heat. We have developed a unique high-throughput drug discovery platform to identify compounds that selectively activate this target protein, without side effects. For decades people have wanted a drug that burns calories like exercise does. We are realizing this dream at Equator Therapeutics.

Equator Therapeuticss YC-Bewerbung, rekonstruiert

Y Combinator Bewerbung

Equator Therapeutics, Winter 2020 Batch. Die echten Fragen des Antrags, beantwortet aus öffentlichen Daten.

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Equator Therapeutics

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Drug to burn calories and increase metabolism

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

We are developing a drug that activates a natural protein in mitochondria to generate heat, burning calories and increasing metabolism without exercise. Our approach targets the root cause of obesity and type 2 diabetes by shifting the balance between calorie intake and expenditure through mitochondrial heat production, overcoming the side effects of previous methods.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where the team already lives and works, giving us access to biotech talent and resources critical for developing a therapeutic drug.

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Häufig gestellte Fragen

Ist das die echte YC-Bewerbung von Equator Therapeutics?

Nein. Y Combinator hält eingereichte Bewerbungen privat. Dies ist eine Rekonstruktion: die echten Fragen des YC-Formulars, beantwortet aus den öffentlichen Daten von Equator Therapeutics (Veröffentlichungsnotizen, Gründerhintergründe, Produktbeschreibung). Sie zeigt, wie sich ein Unternehmen wie Equator Therapeutics bei YC präsentieren würde, nicht den Text, den sie eingereicht haben.

In welchem YC-Batch war Equator Therapeutics?

Equator Therapeutics war Teil des Y Combinator Winter 2020-Batches.

Wer hat Equator Therapeutics gegründet?

Equator Therapeutics wurde von Liliya Khasin, Yuriy Kirichok, Jonah Sinick gegründet.

Was macht Equator Therapeutics?

We are developing a drug to burn calories and increase metabolism…

Wie lese ich die vollständige, rekonstruierte Bewerbung?

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