Selera Medical YC Application

Winter 2024Inactive

Selera Medical went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2024 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 2024
Industry: HealthcareMedical Devices
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2024

Founders

Stacie ArechavalaFounder
Kevin BuiFounder

What Selera Medical does

Heart failure impacts millions worldwide and is associated with poor quality of life and high mortality rates. Because the heart cannot pump efficiently, fluids buildup around the body. Fluid overload is the main driver behind patient symptoms (shortness of breath, fatigue, chest pain, etc.) and hospitalizations. Our minimally invasive device leverages the body's innate fluid management system to offload trapped fluid and prevent subsequent rounds of buildup. The one-time procedure has sustained effect -- keeping patients healthier, happier, and out of the hospital.

Selera Medical's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Selera Medical, Winter 2024 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Selera Medical

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

One-time, device-based treatment for heart failure

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

We built a minimally invasive device that treats heart failure by offloading excess fluid trapped around the body. It's implanted in a one-time procedure and uses the body's own fluid pathways to prevent future fluid buildup, keeping patients healthier and out of the hospital.

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

We live and work in Mountain View, CA, and plan to base the company here after YC too.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Mountain View is where we're already located and where the heart failure device ecosystem and medical innovation community are strong.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Selera Medical YC application?

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