Shift Labs YC Application

Winter 2015Acquired

Shift Labs went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2015 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 2015
Industry: HealthcareMedical Devices
Team size: 6
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2014

Founders

Beth KolkoFounder/CEO

What Shift Labs does

Shift Labs makes medical devices that place technology and design on equal footing to create affordable solutions. We emphasize simplicity and create devices that serve the fastest growing healthcare markets in the world. We believe that every person in the world deserves quality healthcare -- whether they are receiving care in the home, in an outpatient infusion center, or in an emerging market. We're a for-profit company committed to doing well, and doing good. We believe Simple Saves Lives. ___ In true startup fashion, we have a strategy that emphasizes early revenue. So check out our first product DripAssist, a low-cost IV fluid monitor and alarm. Get precision monitoring of blood transfusions or fluid delivery at a fraction of the cost of an infusion pump. Purchase at

Shift Labs's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Shift Labs, Winter 2015 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Shift Labs

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Simple, affordable medical devices

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

We make medical devices that balance technology and design to create affordable, simple tools for healthcare. Our first product, DripAssist, is a low-cost IV fluid monitor and alarm that provides precise monitoring of blood transfusions and fluid delivery at a fraction of an infusion pump's cost.

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

We live and work in Seattle, WA, and the company operates there.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We're based in Seattle because that's where we live and work. It's where we can focus full time on building and selling our product.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Shift Labs YC application?

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