Quartzy YC Application

Summer 2011Active

Quartzy went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2011 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 2011
Industry: HealthcareHealthcare IT
Team size: 100
Status: Active
Launched: 2012

Founders

Jayant KulkarniFounder/CEO
Adam RegelmannFounder/CPO

What Quartzy does

The world’s No. 1 lab management platform. We help scientists easily organize orders, manage inventory, and save money.

Quartzy's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Quartzy, Summer 2011 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Quartzy

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Marketplace for life science supplies.

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

We built an online platform that helps life science labs manage their inventory, organize orders, and buy supplies efficiently. Scientists use Quartzy to track what reagents and consumables they have and to place orders in one place to save time and money.

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

We live in Hayward, CA and would base the company here after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We're already here, close to the Bay Area's network of life science labs and suppliers. Staying puts us near our users and potential partners.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Quartzy YC application?

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