Enzyme YC Application

Summer 2017Acquired

Enzyme went through Y Combinator in the Summer 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: Summer 2017
Industry: HealthcareHealthcare IT
Team size: 32
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2017

Founders

Jared SeehaferFounder/CEO
Jacob GrahamFounder/Vice President QA/RA

What Enzyme does

Enzyme provides online quality management system software and supportive QA/RA consulting, helping life science companies with FDA approval and ongoing compliance. Enzyme staff has over 50 years of medical device industry experience, across several Fortune 500 companies and startups.

Enzyme's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Enzyme, Summer 2017 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Enzyme

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Automating regulatory approval & compliance

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

We've built an online quality management system tailored for life science companies. It helps with FDA approval and ongoing regulatory compliance by automating documentation, workflows, and audit readiness. We also provide supportive QA/RA consulting alongside the software.

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

We are based in San Francisco, CA with a distributed remote team.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is a hub for both software talent and early life science startups. Being here helps us connect with potential customers and partners in regulated healthcare markets.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Enzyme YC application?

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