Tambua Health YC Application

Winter 2020Active

Tambua Health went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2020 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 2020
Industry: Healthcare
Team size: 13
Status: Active
Launched: 2020

Founders

Lewis WanjohiFounder

What Tambua Health does

NoDraw by Tambua Health is the world’s first bloodless, blood diagnostic app, turning any smartphone into a full blood panel diagnostic tool

Tambua Health's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Tambua Health, Winter 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Tambua Health

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Bloodless, blood diagnostic app

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

We built NoDraw, an app that uses smartphones to perform full blood panel diagnostics without drawing blood. It turns any smartphone into a tool that measures blood metrics through non-invasive means, aimed at clinics and individuals who want easier access to blood tests without needles.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has a strong healthcare startup community and access to talent experienced in both health tech and mobile development. Being here helps us work closely with our target users and potential partners in the health space.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Tambua Health YC application?

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