Dear Brightly YC Application

Winter 2018Active

Dear Brightly went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2018 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 2018
Industry: HealthcareConsumer Health and Wellness
Team size: 3
Status: Active
Launched: 2017

Founders

Amy ChiuFounder
Alda LuongFounder

What Dear Brightly does

Dear Brightly offers prescription skin products online. Our mission is to get people access to the most effective, dermatologist vetted skincare products for healthy skin, using technology.

Dear Brightly's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Dear Brightly, Winter 2018 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Dear Brightly

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Personalized prescription skincare online

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

We offer prescription skincare products tailored to each user's needs through an online platform. Customers can get dermatologist-approved treatments without visiting a clinic. Our technology helps people access expert skincare advice and products easily and affordably.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA and the company is based here, with some remote team members.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the healthcare and tech talent we need. Being here lets us build our network and run the business close to our users and partners.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Dear Brightly YC application?

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