Penta Medical YC Application

Summer 2018Inactive

Penta Medical went through Y Combinator in the Summer 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: Summer 2018
Industry: HealthcareConsumer Health and Wellness
Team size: 5
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2018

Founders

Alexa RoeperFounder/CEO

What Penta Medical does

At Penta Medical we are dedicated to providing an innovative solution to injury management. We work with the top athletic teams and doctors to help them reduce injury rates and improve healing times. While working with our team you will have access to up to date information on all of your athletes, preventative statistics benchmarked across the field, and customized treatments.

Penta Medical's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Penta Medical, Summer 2018 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Penta Medical

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Smart hardware for injury recovery

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

We build smart hardware and software to track injury recovery and prevention for athletes. Our product collects data on athletes, compares stats across teams, and provides customized treatments to reduce injury rates and speed healing.

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

We live in Waterloo, ON, Canada, and the company is based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Waterloo has a strong tech and healthcare ecosystem, plus access to athletic teams and medical professionals we work with. It keeps us close to early users and partners.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Penta Medical YC application?

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