Pardes Biosciences YC Application

Summer 2020Public

Pardes Biosciences went through Y Combinator in the Summer 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: Summer 2020
Industry: HealthcareDrug Discovery and Delivery
Team size: 2
Status: Public
Launched: 2021

Founders

Uri LopatinFounder/CEO

What Pardes Biosciences does

We make oral drugs to treat and prevent viral infections - like COVID-19.

Pardes Biosciences's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Pardes Biosciences, Summer 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Pardes Biosciences

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Oral drugs to treat and prevent viral infections

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

We make oral antiviral drugs designed to treat and prevent viral infections like COVID-19. Our aim is to provide accessible, easy-to-administer therapies that can reduce the burden of viral diseases. The difficulty lies in crafting molecules that are orally bioavailable and effective against viruses.

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, with some remote work as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we are based because it's where we live and where biotech innovation thrives. We also work remotely when needed to tap into talent and maintain flexibility.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Pardes Biosciences YC application?

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