Elemeno Health YC Application

Summer 2016Active

Elemeno Health went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2016 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 2016
Industry: HealthcareHealthcare IT
Team size: 25
Status: Active
Launched: 2016

Founders

Arup Roy-BurmanFounder/CEO

What Elemeno Health does

Healthcare is delivered by teams - nurses, doctors, and staff, specific to each hospital, clinic, and department. They want to do their best, but cannot keep up with constantly changing information. Burnout >50%. Unprecedented turnover. Growing medical errors (the #3 cause of death in the US). $100B+ in waste. Elemeno Health is a UCSF and Y Combinator-backed B2B SaaS for healthcare facilities - “a playbook in your pocket,” customized to support frontline teams with bite-sized training and communication at their fingertips, accessible 24/7 on any device. Our efficacy is demonstrated in our published results, passionate clients, and consistent renewals. 20x ROI. 75% decrease in medical errors.

Elemeno Health's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Elemeno Health, Summer 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Elemeno Health

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Just-in-time training and communication for frontline healthcare teams

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

We build a B2B SaaS platform tailored to frontline healthcare workers like nurses and doctors. It delivers bite-sized, easily accessible training and communication specific to each hospital or department. Our product acts like a playbook in their pocket, updated continuously, so they can find critical information exactly when they need it, reducing errors and burnout.

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

We live and work in Oakland, CA, and plan to base the company here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Oakland is where we are established, and the healthcare facilities we serve are primarily in California. Staying here lets us maintain strong client relationships and focus on product development without relocation disruptions.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Elemeno Health YC application?

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