Delee YC Application

Winter 2017Active

Delee went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2017 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 2017
Industry: HealthcareDiagnostics
Team size: 18
Status: Active
Launched: 2016

Founders

Liza VelardeFounder
Alejandro Abarca-BlancoFounder
Juan Felipe Yee De LeónFounder

What Delee does

Delee is a medical device company that developed a blood-testing device for early diagnosis of cancer and treatment monitoring through the isolation and analysis of the circulating tumor cells.

Delee's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Delee, Winter 2017 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Delee

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Blood test device for early cancer diagnosis

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

We make a medical device that isolates circulating tumor cells from blood samples to detect cancer early and monitor treatment. Our device captures and analyzes these rare cells to provide actionable insights to oncologists and clinical labs.

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

We live and work in Monterrey, N.L., Mexico, and plan to base the company here after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Monterrey has a growing healthcare and tech scene. We're close to medical institutions and have a committed team here. Moving is not necessary to build our product effectively or reach initial customers.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Delee YC application?

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