Promakhos Therapeutics YC Application

Summer 2021Active

Promakhos Therapeutics went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2021 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 2021
Industry: HealthcareTherapeutics
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Katerina ChatziFounder
Jasper Edgar NeggersFounder

What Promakhos Therapeutics does

We are building a platform of bacterial molecules to awaken our body’s innate ability to control inflammation and heal. Our first indication is Crohn’s Disease, which affects over 500,000 Americans at an annual cost of $10B. After Crohn's disease, we are going for type 1 Diabetes and Multiple Sclerosis.

Promakhos Therapeutics's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Promakhos Therapeutics, Summer 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Promakhos Therapeutics

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

A therapeutics platform for curing inflammatory disorders

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

We are building a platform that uses bacterial molecules to trigger the body's innate ability to regulate inflammation and heal itself. Our first target is Crohn's Disease, with plans to expand to type 1 Diabetes and Multiple Sclerosis. The product is a new kind of therapy designed to control inflammation from within.

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

We live in Boston, MA and the company will remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Boston is a hub for biotech and therapeutics research with access to top expertise and infrastructure, which is essential for us given the scientific complexity of our platform.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Promakhos Therapeutics YC application?

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