PostEra YC Application
PostEra 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
- HealthcareDrug Discovery and Delivery
- Team size
- 40
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2020
Founders
Aaron MorrisFounder
Alpha LeeFounder
Matthew RobinsonFounder
What PostEra does
PostEra is building a modern 21st century biopharma. We're using our advances in machine learning to accelerate Medicinal Chemistry and bring more cures to patients. PostEra advances small molecule programs through partnerships with biopharma while also advancing its own internal pipeline. We've raised $26M from top investors and closed $1Bn in AI partnerships, signing multi-year agreements with Amgen, Pfizer and the NIH. PostEra also launched and led the world's largest open-science drug discovery effort; COVID Moonshot.
PostEra's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
PostEra, Winter 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
PostEra
Medicinal Chemistry powered by Machine Learning
We build software that uses machine learning to accelerate medicinal chemistry efforts in drug discovery. Our platform helps biopharma partners design better small molecules faster and more efficiently. We also lead our own programs and open-science efforts like the COVID Moonshot, which demonstrated how our approach speeds up critical drug discovery when time is tight.
We live and work in Boston, MA, and the company is based here now and would remain based here after YC.
Boston is one of the world's biotech hubs. Our team and partners are local, and being close to cutting-edge research and biotech companies helps us move faster and build the right relationships.
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 PostEra YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from PostEra's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like PostEra would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was PostEra in?
PostEra was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2020 batch.
Who founded PostEra?
PostEra was founded by Aaron Morris, Alpha Lee, Matthew Robinson.
What does PostEra do?
Medicinal Chemistry powered by Machine Learning
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of PostEra's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
More YC startups like PostEra
