Felix Biotechnology YC Application

Winter 2020Inactive

Felix Biotechnology went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2020 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 2020
Industry: HealthcareDrug Discovery and Delivery
Team size: 6
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2020

Founders

Robert McBrideFounder
Vivek MutalikFounder
Paul TurnerFounder

What Felix Biotechnology does

We are building the first end-to-end digital viral design platform to protect the world against the coming threat of antimicrobial resistance.

Felix Biotechnology's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Felix Biotechnology, Winter 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Felix Biotechnology

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

We're creating programmable therapies

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

We are building the first end-to-end digital viral design platform to develop programmable viral therapies targeting antimicrobial resistance. Our platform designs and engineers therapeutic viruses to protect against resistant infections, addressing a growing global health threat by enabling faster, scalable drug discovery and delivery.

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

We are based in San Francisco, CA, USA, and plan to remain here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is a hub for biotech and software talent and close to investors interested in healthcare innovation. Being here lets us recruit experts and collaborate where similar startups and research institutions operate.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Felix Biotechnology YC application?

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