Anja Health YC Application

Winter 2022Acquired

Anja Health went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2022 batch as a Healthcare company. Below: what the company does, who founded it, and its application to YC, reconstructed question by question in the real YC form.

YC batch: Winter 2022
Industry: HealthcareConsumer Health and Wellness
Team size: 2
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2022

Founders

Kathryn CrossFounder

What Anja Health does

Helping pregnant parents save the most personal source of stem cells - from their umbilical cord and placenta - to unlock future disease treatments. Offering cord blood banking, cord tissue banking, and placenta stem cell banking.

Anja Health's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Anja Health, Winter 2022 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Anja Health

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Cord Blood Banking Reimagined

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

We make a direct-to-consumer platform that helps pregnant parents bank stem cells from their baby's umbilical cord blood, cord tissue, and placenta. Our service simplifies what is traditionally a complex and opaque process, making stem cell banking accessible and trustworthy.

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

We live in New York City and Los Angeles and plan to remain remote with hubs in those cities after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Our founders are based in NYC and LA, and the healthcare consumers we serve are nationwide. Remote lets us tap talent and customers without unnecessary moves, while keeping access to major health and tech hubs.

21 more answers in the full application

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Anja Health YC application?

No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Anja Health's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Anja Health would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.