Sigma Genetics YC Application

Winter 2017Active

Sigma Genetics went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2017 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 2017
Industry: HealthcareTherapeutics
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2017

Founders

Karen EatonFounder/CEO
Matthew ScholzFounder
Chris PihlFounder

What Sigma Genetics does

Sigma Genetics develops devices that can deliver DNA, RNA, and other charged molecules into cells by using magnetic fields. When compared to conventional electroporation, this technique has several key advantages, which include: the absence of arcing, the ability to scale, and the benefit of being non-invasive for in vivo applications. This platform technology can be applied to a wide range of applications- cell therapies, cancer drug delivery, DNA vaccines, biopharma manufacturing, and cosmetics.

Sigma Genetics's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Sigma Genetics, Winter 2017 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Sigma Genetics

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Device delivery of DNA and RNA to cells

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

We build devices that deliver charged molecules like DNA and RNA into cells using magnetic fields instead of traditional electroporation. Our method avoids arcing, scales better, and works non-invasively in vivo. This enables applications in cell therapies, cancer drug delivery, DNA vaccines, and biopharma manufacturing.

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

We live in Seattle, WA and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We have deep local roots and lab access in Seattle. It's where our expertise and resources are concentrated, so it makes sense to stay here.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Sigma Genetics YC application?

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