Vitable Health YC Application

Summer 2020Active

Vitable Health 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: HealthcareHealthcare Services
Team size: 60
Status: Active
Launched: 2020

Founders

Joseph KitongaFounder

What Vitable Health does

If you're a YC company: Book Here! We are a team of engineers, clinicians, and operators rethinking healthcare for startups and and SMB's. We make it simple for startups to offer ICHRA with built in direct primary care, including free virtual visits, over 1,000 prescriptions, and 40+ lab tests. Contributions are made with tax-free dollars, and we handle everything from onboarding to ongoing care so founders can stay focused on building. We are backed by world class investors like First Round Capital, Cherryrock, Y Combinator, and SoftBank, along with incredible founders and operators including Michael Seibel (YC, Twitch), Immad Akhund (Mercury), Allison Pickens (Gainsight), Jack Altman (Lattice), Dan Folkman (GoPuff), and others.

Vitable Health's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Vitable Health

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Affordable care via ICHRA and primary care

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

We provide startups and SMBs a platform to offer ICHRA health benefits combined with direct primary care: free virtual visits, prescription coverage, and lab testing. We handle onboarding, tax-free contributions, and ongoing care so founders can focus on their business.

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

We live in Philadelphia, PA and operate remotely. The company is based in Philadelphia.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Philadelphia gives us access to healthcare talent and a tech-friendly environment while allowing flexible remote work. This fits the needs of a distributed team focused on digital health for startups.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Vitable Health YC application?

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