Verano Health YC Application

Summer 2021Acquired

Verano Health 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: Healthcare
Team size: 3
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2021

Founders

Karin UnderwoodFounder
Bharat KilaruFounder

What Verano Health does

We're building the nation's largest digital diabetes platform for underserved Americans. There are 80 million Americans on Medicaid and 30% or more have chronic disease. Less than 1% of patients with diabetes receive needed training. We provide a SMS-based telehealth platform to people with chronic disease on Medicaid. Our proven Healthy at Home program uses 2-way SMS interactions, weekly diabetes coaching visits, and evidence-based health education. Our vision is to reach millions of Americans that lack at-home support for chronic disease. We're billing health insurance $186 for telehealth visits and have 2 contracts underway. With your support, we can be a fully sustainable nonprofit by 2023.

Verano Health's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Verano Health

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Nonprofit telehealth coaches for underserved Americans on Medicaid

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

We built Healthy at Home, an SMS-based telehealth platform that provides weekly diabetes coaching, two-way SMS interactions, and evidence-based education for people with chronic diseases on Medicaid. It supports underserved patients who otherwise get almost no training or support.

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

We live in San Francisco and work remotely. We plan to base the company in San Francisco after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we currently live and have access to healthcare networks and potential partners. Being remote lets us work across locations, but we want to stay here after YC for the ecosystem and connections.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Verano Health YC application?

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