Modern Health YC Application

Winter 2018Active

Modern Health went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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: Winter 2018
Industry: HealthcareHealthcare Services
Team size: 375
Status: Active
Launched: 2017

Founders

Alyson WatsonFounder/CEO

What Modern Health does

Modern Health is the leading mental wellness platform that combines clinically validated assessments, personalized stress management support, an international network of certified behavioral health coaches, and licensed therapists to deliver mental health support across a broad range of individual needs. Modern Health empowers employers to lead the charge in helping their employees be less stressed, more engaged, and happier through evidence-based technology and professional support. Modern Health has raised over $170M from top investors Battery Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, and John Doerr and supports over 200 companies globally including Lyft, Pixar, SoFi, Credit Karma, Electronic Arts, Cooley, and Okta.

Modern Health's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Modern Health, Winter 2018 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Modern Health

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Mental health benefits platform for employers

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

We built Modern Health to provide employers with a mental wellness platform that includes assessments, personalized support, and access to behavioral health coaches and licensed therapists. Our product makes mental health benefits accessible and scalable for companies to support their employees' well-being.

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, with a remote workforce.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has a strong talent pool for healthcare and tech, which is essential for building and scaling a platform like ours. We also embrace remote work to attract diverse talent beyond the Bay Area.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Modern Health YC application?

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