Scout YC Application

Winter 2022Active

Scout went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2022 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 2022
Industry: HealthcareDiagnostics
Team size: 12
Status: Active
Launched: 2022

Founders

Cameron Ball
Alex Jiao
Joshua Torrey

What Scout does

Digital health holds a lot of potential but is ignoring a growing problem: diagnostic testing. Without this data, providers and organizations will be limited in the services they can provide patients at home. Scout has developed a platform - Hub, test kits, and app - that delivers health testing at home with 10x lower development cost and 3x lower per-test price. Our patented tech also meets performance requirements for medical diagnoses and integrates with the current healthcare tech stack. Scout’s technology is poised to disrupt the outdated $33Bn diagnostic market by democratizing testing while dramatically improving the patient experience. Scout has received $16M in non-dilutive funding from the NIH and other organizations to fully de-risk our platform, and our pipeline includes a diverse test menu for primary care (e.g. respiratory and sexual health), wellness (e.g. gut health), and chronic conditions (e.g. certain cancers). We have already received FDA authorization for our platform in clinical settings and are planning to launch our flagship Scout Hub in 2024.

Scout's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Scout, Winter 2022 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Scout

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Smart home testing platform for digital health.

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

We are building Scout Hub, a platform combining hardware test kits and an app to run medical-grade diagnostic tests at home. It lowers development costs and per-test prices, while integrating with existing healthcare systems. Our tests cover respiratory, sexual health, gut wellness, and chronic conditions, aiming to bring accurate diagnostic data out of labs and into patients' hands.

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

We live in Santa Clara, CA, and intend to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Santa Clara is where our team and early lab partnerships are located. Staying local keeps us close to hardware suppliers and clinical testing partners, which are key for our platform development and FDA processes.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Scout YC application?

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