Vetcove YC Application

Summer 2016Active

Vetcove went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2016 batch as a B2B 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 2016
Industry: B2BSupply Chain and Logistics
Team size: 83
Status: Active
Launched: 2016

Founders

Alex KatesFounder/CEO
Mitchell KatesFounder/Tech

What Vetcove does

Vetcove is how veterinarians buy the supplies they need to keep America's pets healthy. Our community of more than 18,000 veterinary hospitals employs tens of thousands of veterinarians and delivers care to many millions of animals every year across all 50 states. As of 2022, we power purchasing and supply chain infrastructure for half of America's general practices, emergency and specialty clinics, SPCAs, zoos, aquariums, and veterinary consolidators. Vetcove's eCommerce and mobile platforms afford veterinary hospitals a frictionless purchasing experience, and facilitate delivery of medications to pet parents across the country. Simply put, Vetcove helps veterinary organizations spend more time giving care, and less time comparing suppliers and managing inventory. We're completely revolutionizing the way veterinarians discover and buy products, and how animal health brands engage their veterinary customers. We're hiring! Come join us on our journey to transform how vets buy and prescribe the animal healthcare products that keep our pets in peak condition.

Vetcove's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Vetcove, Summer 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Vetcove

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Powering the animal health supply chain.

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

We built an eCommerce and mobile platform that simplifies how veterinary hospitals discover and buy supplies. Our product aggregates multiple suppliers so vets can easily compare prices and manage inventory, cutting hours of manual work every week.

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

We live in Miami, FL, and after YC, the company would be based here with a remote team.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Miami is where we're rooted and have started building our community and team. It's growing as a tech hub and offers us access to diverse veterinary markets across the country.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Vetcove YC application?

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