Shimmer YC Application

Summer 2021Active

Shimmer went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2021 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 2021
Industry: HealthcareConsumer Health and Wellness
Team size: 9
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Christal WangFounder
Vikram SreedharFounder

What Shimmer does

Shimmer provides ADHD coaching to people with ADHD or executive function challenges. Shimmer was born from a group of ADHD coaches, psychiatrists, doctors, and engineers to create a personalized, action-oriented playground for you and your coach to explore. We're not another list, calendar, or app: we're real human interactions paired with expert strategies, so that you can make real changes in your life. Come check us out! Our ADHD coaches partner with you to co-design a plan to achieve your goals. You'll experiment with strategies on a weekly basis to implement a routine fit specifically for you. Our program has been designed off science-backed methods in partnership with NYU, UC Berkeley, and UCSF. Get your free ADHD Mastery Score >

Shimmer's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Shimmer, Summer 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Shimmer

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

1:1 ADHD coaching, 5-10X more affordable

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

We provide personalized ADHD coaching through weekly 1:1 sessions, combining real human interaction with expert strategies. Our coaches collaborate with users to create and experiment with routines that fit their unique executive function challenges, supported by science-backed methods developed with NYU, UC Berkeley, and UCSF.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA and the company is based here as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We chose San Francisco because it's where we live and where we can access top talent in healthcare, technology, and coaching. Being here also helps us build our community and partnerships.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Shimmer YC application?

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