CareLedger YC Application

Summer 2015Inactive

CareLedger went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2015 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: Summer 2015
Industry: HealthcareHealthcare Services
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2015

Founders

Oliver TakachFounder/CEO
Klaus MergenerFounder
Nik SwainFounder/CTO

What CareLedger does

CareLedger helps employers find the best priced quality healthcare for their employees in their area. By providing pricing data on local providers and motivating employees to save, CareLedger helps employers get healthcare spend under control and reduced by more than 10%. They provide insight into who is a high-performing, high-value provider, and then motivate employees to spend less.

CareLedger's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

CareLedger, Summer 2015 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

CareLedger

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Helps companies reduce healthcare costs by showing pricing and quality.

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

We built CareLedger to help employers control healthcare spending by giving them and their employees transparent pricing data and insights on local healthcare providers. Our product identifies high-value, high-quality providers in the employee's area and motivates employees to choose them. This reduces wasteful spending and lowers overall healthcare costs for employers.

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

We currently live in San Francisco, CA, and the company would remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is the right place for us because it's where we live, and it's the hub for startup resources and talent we need to grow CareLedger.

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 CareLedger YC application?

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