DrChrono YC Application

Winter 2011Acquired

DrChrono went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2011 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 2011
Industry: HealthcareHealthcare IT
Team size: 150
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2012

Founders

Michael NusimowFounder/CEO
Daniel KivatinosFounder/COO

What DrChrono does

DrChrono develops the essential platform and services for modern medical practices to make care more informed, more interactive, and more personalized. The open platform powers telehealth, electronic health record (EHR), practice management, medical billing, and revenue cycle solutions for physicians and patients, and is fully extensible via a robust API and marketplace of applications and services. The platform is used by thousands of physicians and millions of patients, and is facilitating millions of patient appointments and is processing billions of dollars in medical billing. For more information about DrChrono, visit

DrChrono's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

DrChrono, Winter 2011 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

DrChrono

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

The essential platform for modern medical practices and patients.

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

We are building an open platform for medical practices that combines electronic health records, practice management, medical billing, telehealth, and revenue cycle solutions. It is designed to make care more informed and interactive for both physicians and patients, with a fully extensible API and an app marketplace.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company will continue to be based there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where our early team and users are. It's a hub for healthcare IT startups and remote work, which fits our distributed team and customer base.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real DrChrono YC application?

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