Ophelia YC-Bewerbung

Winter 2020Active

Ophelia 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: HealthcareConsumer Health and Wellness
Teamgröße: 130
Status: Active
Gestartet: 2020

Gründer

Mattan GriffelFounder
Zack GrayFounder

Was Ophelia tut

Ophelia helps people quit opioids without going to rehab. We offer online doctor’s visits, withdrawal medication prescriptions, and support for long-term recovery, using a protocol 6x more effective than most rehabs (2/3rds of which don't have doctors). More than 3 million Americans are addicted to opioids, but 80% are not getting help, due to jobs, families, and privacy concerns. Meanwhile, there's a proven treatment that increases survival rates by 600%, and it's low cost, discreet, and convenient. It's called MAT, and it looks like treatment for anxiety or depression: medication plus therapy. However, doctors need a special waiver to prescribe the medication, which fewer than 5% of them have, so it's difficult to get, and most people are buying it on the street. Sadly, drug dealers aren't doctors: every 11 minutes another American dies of an opioid overdose, now the #1 cause of death for Americans under 50. Ophelia is replacing rehab with telemedicine, using proven science and a consumer-first approach. The opioid treatment market in the U.S. is $15B, and 85% of opioid addicts have insurance that pays for it. We're treating roughly 400 patients with thousands more waiting. Zack started Ophelia after losing his girlfriend to an opioid overdose, who found it easier to get medication from a drug dealer than a doctor. We are raising money to help patients in waiting, grow our footprint, save lives, and earn venture-level returns for investors.

Ophelias YC-Bewerbung, rekonstruiert

Y Combinator Bewerbung

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Ophelia

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Medication & support to beat opioid addiction from home

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

We built a telemedicine platform that lets people struggling with opioid addiction get prescribed proven medications and support without going to rehab. It includes online doctor visits, withdrawal medication prescriptions, and ongoing therapy to help with long-term recovery.

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

We live and are based in New York, NY, and the company would remain based there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York has a strong healthcare ecosystem and access to talent. It also aligns with where our initial patient base and team is located.

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Häufig gestellte Fragen

Ist das die echte YC-Bewerbung von Ophelia?

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

In welchem YC-Batch war Ophelia?

Ophelia war Teil des Y Combinator Winter 2020-Batches.

Wer hat Ophelia gegründet?

Ophelia wurde von Mattan Griffel, Zack Gray gegründet.

Was macht Ophelia?

Medication & support to beat opioid addiction from home

Wie lese ich die vollständige, rekonstruierte Bewerbung?

Erstelle ein kostenloses Round Funded Konto. Die vollständige 26-Antwort-Version der Bewerbung von Ophelia, und jede andere YC-Kohorte, findest du in YC Insights.