VenoStent YC Application

Summer 2020Active

VenoStent went through Y Combinator in the Summer 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: Summer 2020
Industry: HealthcareMedical Devices
Team size: 17
Status: Active
Launched: 2020

Founders

Tim BoireFounder
Geoffrey LucksFounder

What VenoStent does

There are 10 million dialysis and bypass surgeries per year, but half of them fail. VenoStent saves lives with a wrap that goes around blood vessels during surgery so they don't fail.

VenoStent's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

VenoStent, Summer 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

VenoStent

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Absorbable wrap for blood vessels

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

We make an absorbable wrap that goes around blood vessels during dialysis and bypass surgery to prevent failures. This wrap supports the vessels as they heal and then dissolves, reducing complications that cause approximately half of these surgeries to fail.

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

We live in Houston, TX, and the company is based here now and would remain here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Houston is where our team and main resources are based. It's a hub for medical device innovation and access to surgeons who use our product during surgery.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real VenoStent YC application?

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