Tradewind BioScience YC Application

Winter 2018Active

Tradewind BioScience went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2018 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 2018
Industry: HealthcareTherapeutics
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2017

Founders

Thaddeus AllenFounder/CEO

What Tradewind BioScience does

Our lead candidate is a multifaceted attack antibody for ovarian cancer. Our approach enables targeting primary cancer cells directly, alongside enabling the immune system's natural anti-cancer function, all with one therapeutic antibody.

Tradewind BioScience's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Tradewind BioScience, Winter 2018 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Tradewind BioScience

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Antibody therapy for ovarian cancer

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

We are developing a single therapeutic antibody that targets ovarian cancer cells directly and activates the immune system's natural anti-cancer response. This multifaceted approach aims to improve treatment effectiveness by combining targeted attack and immune activation in one molecule.

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

We are based in San Francisco, CA and intend to remain here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the biotech and healthcare resources we need, as well as access to collaborators and potential partners.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Tradewind BioScience YC application?

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