HeyDoctor YC Application

Summer 2018Acquired

HeyDoctor 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: HealthcareHealthcare IT
Team size: 50
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2018

Founders

Brendan LevyFounder/CEO
Kyle AlwynFounder/Chief Technical Officer

What HeyDoctor does

Waiting rooms suck. Insurance and the paperwork are worse. We are a team of doctors, developers, lawyers, designers, and more working to try to fix it. Using our app, and soon the website, you can access medical care online right now and be done in 5 minutes. No insurance, video, or phone calls necessary and most visits are under $20. You can chat with your doctor anytime and anywhere. Our services are currently available in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Montana, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia and Washington, but don't worry the rest of the country coming soon. Here are the medical services we offer so far: - Acne Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention - High Cholesterol (Lipid) Testing and Treatment - Start or Refill Birth Control - Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Testing and Treatment - Vitamin D Screening and Treatment - Pre-Diabetes Screening and Referral - Hepatitis C Screening and Referral - Female Condom Prescription - Help Quitting Smoking - Find Out Your Blood Type We are adding new services every week, so if you don't see what you need let us know. We want HeyDoctor and our partner health systems to be your first stop for healthcare and be your personal medical record.

HeyDoctor's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

HeyDoctor

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Online primary care in five minutes

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

We built HeyDoctor, a service that lets people get primary care online without insurance, phone calls, or video. You can refill birth control, get tested and treated for common conditions like UTIs or acne, and order screenings or prescriptions quickly and affordably through our app and website.

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

We live in San Francisco, and the company is based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco gives us access to top tech talent and a healthcare ecosystem that helps us grow the telehealth product.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real HeyDoctor YC application?

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