Ophelia YC Application

Winter 2020Active

Ophelia went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2020 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 2020
Industry: HealthcareConsumer Health and Wellness
Team size: 130
Status: Active
Launched: 2020

Founders

Mattan GriffelFounder
Zack GrayFounder

What Ophelia does

Ophelia helps people quit opioids without going to rehab. We offer online doctor’s visits, withdrawal medication prescriptions, and support for long-term recovery, using a protocol 6x more effective than most rehabs (2/3rds of which don't have doctors). More than 3 million Americans are addicted to opioids, but 80% are not getting help, due to jobs, families, and privacy concerns. Meanwhile, there's a proven treatment that increases survival rates by 600%, and it's low cost, discreet, and convenient. It's called MAT, and it looks like treatment for anxiety or depression: medication plus therapy. However, doctors need a special waiver to prescribe the medication, which fewer than 5% of them have, so it's difficult to get, and most people are buying it on the street. Sadly, drug dealers aren't doctors: every 11 minutes another American dies of an opioid overdose, now the #1 cause of death for Americans under 50. Ophelia is replacing rehab with telemedicine, using proven science and a consumer-first approach. The opioid treatment market in the U.S. is $15B, and 85% of opioid addicts have insurance that pays for it. We're treating roughly 400 patients with thousands more waiting. Zack started Ophelia after losing his girlfriend to an opioid overdose, who found it easier to get medication from a drug dealer than a doctor. We are raising money to help patients in waiting, grow our footprint, save lives, and earn venture-level returns for investors.

Ophelia's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Ophelia, Winter 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Ophelia

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Medication & support to beat opioid addiction from home

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

We built a telemedicine platform that lets people struggling with opioid addiction get prescribed proven medications and support without going to rehab. It includes online doctor visits, withdrawal medication prescriptions, and ongoing therapy to help with long-term recovery.

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

We live and are based in New York, NY, and the company would remain based there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York has a strong healthcare ecosystem and access to talent. It also aligns with where our initial patient base and team is located.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Ophelia YC application?

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