Nirva

Nirva YC Application

Winter 2021Active

Nirva went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2021 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 2021
Industry
HealthcareHealthcare Services
Team size
5
Status
Active
Launched
2021

Founders

  • Nived Narayanan
    Nived NarayananFounder
  • Sreeshyam C A
    Sreeshyam C AFounder
  • Amit Kumar Verma
    Amit Kumar VermaFounder

What Nirva does

Nirva is the lifestyle medicine layer for clinicians. For the first time, any doctor can offer daily care between appointments and earn recurring revenue. 87% of patients improve in weeks, and our system is discovering things like which foods trigger hot flashes, insights that no existing research has found.

Nirva's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Nirva, Winter 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Nirva

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

The lifestyle medicine layer for clinicians.

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

We built a platform that lets any doctor deliver daily lifestyle medicine care to their patients between appointments. It helps clinicians monitor and guide patients with actionable insights - like identifying which foods trigger symptoms such as hot flashes - and patients see real improvement in weeks. This also creates recurring revenue for providers.

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

We live and work in San Francisco, CA, and would continue to be based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the right healthcare and tech ecosystem, plus access to clinicians and patients for feedback. It's also close to investors and partners in digital health.

21 more answers in the full application

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Nirva YC application?

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

What YC batch was Nirva in?

Nirva was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2021 batch.

Who founded Nirva?

Nirva was founded by Nived Narayanan, Sreeshyam C A, Amit Kumar Verma.

What does Nirva do?

The lifestyle medicine layer for clinicians.

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Nirva's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.

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