NURX YC Application

Winter 2016Acquired

NURX went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2016 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 2016
Industry: HealthcareConsumer Health and Wellness
Team size: 300
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2015

Founders

Edvard EngesaethFounder

What NURX does

Nurx is a telemedicine startup focused on increasing access to healthcare, starting with birth control and PrEP services.

NURX's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

NURX, Winter 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

NURX

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Medicine or testing kit prescribed online and delivered

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

We built a telemedicine platform that allows customers to get prescriptions for birth control and PrEP online, then have their medication or testing kit delivered directly to their door. We remove the barriers and hassles of traditional doctor visits, making these critical health products accessible and convenient.

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

We live and work in New York and San Francisco. Post-YC, we'll base the company in these same locations to stay close to key partners and our growing team.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Being in New York puts us near a dense population of users and healthcare networks. San Francisco provides access to tech talent and YC's community. Both locations are strategic for building and scaling.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real NURX YC application?

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