Koko YC Application

Winter 2022Active

Koko went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2022 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 2022
Industry: HealthcareConsumer Health and Wellness
Team size: 8
Status: Active
Launched: 2022

Founders

Kareem Kouddous
Rob Morris

What Koko does

We provide free digital mental health technologies for millions of people struggling online - particularly young people. For example, we partner with online communities to help find and treat at-risk individuals directly on their platform.

Koko's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Koko, Winter 2022 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Koko

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Making mental health accessible to everyone.

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

We build free digital mental health technologies used by millions of people, especially young people struggling online. Our tools detect and engage at-risk individuals on platforms where they already spend time, offering timely support and pathways to treatment. We partner directly with online communities to embed these technologies, aiming to reduce barriers to mental health care.

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

We live and work remotely; the company will remain remote after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Remote allows us to reach diverse users and tap talent without geographic limits, which fits our mission of accessibility in mental health.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Koko YC application?

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