Gerostate Alpha YC Application

Summer 2018Inactive

Gerostate Alpha went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2018 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 2018
Industry: HealthcareTherapeutics
Team size: 6
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2018

Founders

Gordon J LithgowFounder
Mark LucanicFounder
Simon MelovFounder

Gerostate Alpha's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Gerostate Alpha, Summer 2018 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Gerostate Alpha

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Developing novel therapeutics for aging and chronic disease

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

We are developing new drugs aimed at slowing aging and treating chronic diseases. Our product is a pipeline of therapeutics that target mechanisms of aging to improve healthspan and disease outcomes. We focus on designing and testing compounds that intervene in biological processes underlying aging, with the goal of translating research into treatments for patients with chronic conditions.

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

We are based in Novato, CA, and after YC we would continue to be here or relocate depending on access to resources and partnerships that help us advance our therapeutics.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Novato gives us proximity to research institutions and biotech resources while keeping our team close-knit. It's a practical base for lab work and development before scaling or moving nearer to potential collaborators depending on needs.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Gerostate Alpha YC application?

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