Sage Care YC Application

Summer 2016Inactive

Sage Care went through Y Combinator in the Summer 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: Summer 2016
Industry: HealthcareHealthcare Services
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2016

Founders

Vanessa LeeFounder

What Sage Care does

Get care at home for mom or dad from trusted professionals in their neighbourhood.

Sage Care's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Sage Care, Summer 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Sage Care

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Get care at home for mom or dad from trusted pros

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

We built an online marketplace that connects families looking for in-home care for aging parents with trusted local care professionals. Our platform helps find, book, and pay for qualified caregivers in the neighborhood, making it easier and safer for seniors to get care without moving into a facility.

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

We live in Toronto, Canada, and the company is based there as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Toronto has a growing aging population and limited easy access to vetted in-home care options. Being here helps us validate our product with local users and providers before scaling further.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Sage Care YC application?

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