Psylaris YC Application

Winter 2018Active

Psylaris went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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: Winter 2018
Industry: HealthcareHealthcare Services
Team size: 23
Status: Active
Launched: 2017

Founders

Christoph LynenFounder/CTO

What Psylaris does

We empower mental healthcare clients with virtual reality sessions that are additive to traditional therapy. Clients regain their self-reliance the moment they are given the chance to contribute to their treatment. Therapists can focus on the aspects of treatment that e-health is not equiped to deal with. Treatment efficiency goes up - costs go down: E-health the way it was meant to be.

Psylaris's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Psylaris, Winter 2018 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Psylaris

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Psychotherapy through autonomous VR sessions

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

We build autonomous VR therapy sessions that patients use alongside traditional mental health treatment. Our software delivers personalized virtual reality experiences that let clients practice coping strategies by themselves, reducing therapist workload and improving efficiency.

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

We live and operate in Maastricht, Netherlands, and would remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Maastricht is where our team is based and where we have access to mental health professionals to collaborate with. Staying local allows us to refine the product based on close clinical partnerships.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Psylaris YC application?

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