Modern Fertility YC Application

Summer 2017Acquired

Modern Fertility 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: HealthcareConsumer Health and Wellness
Team size: 25
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2017

Founders

Afton VecheryFounder/CEO
Carly LeahyFounder

What Modern Fertility does

We're a women’s health company making personalized reproductive health information more accessible, earlier in life. We make the same laboratory tests that were previously confined to fertility clinics more accessible for women at home. By arming women with powerful information about their reproductive health, Modern Fertility is closing the fertility information gap and enabling women to own the decisions impacting their bodies and futures. We've raised $22 million from Forerunner Ventures, Maveron, Union Square Ventures, First Round Capital, #Angels and Y Combinator.

Modern Fertility's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Modern Fertility

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

At-home fertility test for women not ready for kids

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

We make at-home fertility tests that provide women with laboratory-quality reproductive health information. Our product lets women access the same hormone tests that were previously only available at fertility clinics, without needing to go in person. This helps women understand their fertility earlier and make informed decisions about their bodies and futures.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company is based here. After YC, we intend to stay in San Francisco.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the talent pool and startup ecosystem we need to build and scale a healthcare consumer business like ours. We're already embedded here with our team.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Modern Fertility YC application?

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