Qvin YC Application

Winter 2016Active

Qvin went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2016 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 2016
Industry: HealthcareConsumer Health and Wellness
Team size: 30
Status: Active
Launched: 2016

Founders

Sara NaseriFounder
Søren TherkelsenFounder

What Qvin does

Qvin is the first and only healthcare service to scientifically prove menstrual blood can test for critical health information - just like a traditional laboratory blood test. Women's health has always been under-prioritized in science. We still operate in a world built by men, for men. It’s why in 2014, Dr. Sara Naseri and Søren Therkelsen started Qvin to research, develop, and patent a product that powers an underserved and understudied population - women. Over 70% of the decisions our doctors make are influenced by blood test results. Every month, 1.8 billion people across the world menstruate. However, the blood our bodies naturally deliver every month has never been explored as a testing source. And yet, menstrual blood has been left unexplored. Qvin is the first and only healthcare service to use period blood as a non-invasive blood test. We exist to give women an easy, insightful way to monitor existing health issues, proactively screen for others, and go into doctor visits more informed and confident of their own health. Our health technology platform helps women manage their health better through a non-invasive blood collection device named the Q-Pad™. All of us at Qvin want to move the study of women forward. We want to close the gender data gap. And we stand for every person who identifies with women, however they define it.

Qvin's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Qvin, Winter 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Qvin

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Menstrual blood tests for women's health

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

We make a healthcare platform that uses menstrual blood as a non-invasive alternative to traditional blood tests. Our product, the Q-Pad™, collects period blood so women can monitor existing conditions, screen proactively, and come to doctor visits better informed.

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

We live in Menlo Park, CA, and the company is based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Menlo Park places us near key medical researchers and tech talent, which is critical for our product development and partnerships.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Qvin YC application?

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